Comets in UV
Boris Shustov, Mikhail Sachkov, Ana I. G'omez de Castro, Juan C., Vallejo, Evgeny Kanev, Vera Dorofeeva
TL;DR
This paper reviews ultraviolet observations of comets, emphasizing their importance for understanding comet composition and physical processes, and discusses future prospects with space-based UV instruments like WSO-UV.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of UV comet observations and highlights the potential of upcoming space-born UV instruments such as WSO-UV.
Findings
UV observations are crucial for studying comet composition.
Ground-based and in-situ data complement UV studies.
WSO-UV offers promising future observations.
Abstract
Comets are important "eyewitnesses" of Solar System formation and evolution. Important tests to determine the chemical composition and to study the physical processes in cometary nuclei and coma need data in the UV range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Comprehensive and complete studies require for additional ground-based observations and in-situ experiments. We briefly review observations of comets in the ultraviolet (UV) and discuss the prospects of UV observations of comets and exocomets with space-born instruments. A special refer is made to the World Space Observatory-Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) project.
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