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Detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on a sample of comets

Bhardwaj, Anil; Ramachandran, R.; Hill, H. +6 more

We present the spectral properties of a selection of comets from both the Jupiter family and Oort cloud in the ultraviolet (UV) and mid-infrared (IR) wavelength regions. Spectroscopic measurements are retrieved from public archival data of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) and Hubble Space Observatory (HST) in the near-UV (NUV) and far-…