The impact of fragment 'L' of comet SL-9 on Jupiter

Details The impact of fragment 'L' of comet SL-9 on Jupiter The impact of fragment 'L' of comet SL-9 on Jupiter

Jan 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994em%26p...66...13s&link_type=abstract

Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 66, no. 1, p. 13-17

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Cometary Collisions, Fragments, Jupiter (Planet), Nuclear Explosions, Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet, Cometary Atmospheres, Galileo Spacecraft, Jupiter Atmosphere, Solar Optical Telescope

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Filtergrams of high spatial and temporal resolution were obtained in the methane band centered at 892 nm during the impact of fragment L of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter. The light curve shows two maxima of an emission ball observed above the limb shortly after the impact. The second maximum was the brightest and had a short life time of about 90 seconds. During it's life, the apparent height of the emission ball declined towards the surface of Jupiter; the amount of displacement is larger than the expected effect caused by Jupiter's rotation. About half an hour after the impact, a domelike feature became visible when the location of the impact rotated into the illuminated hemisphere of Jupiter.

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