The impact of comet SL9 with Jupiter: IR observations at TIRGO

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Jan 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994em%26p...66...83t&link_type=abstract

Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 66, no. 1, p. 83-89

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Albedo, Infrared Signatures, Jupiter (Planet), Luminous Intensity, Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet, Astronomical Observatories, Flux (Rate), Luminosity

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Infrared images of Jupiter have been obtained on 5 nights before, during and shortly after the period of the impacts of the fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (1993e) with the giant plane. Long lived bright spots produced by the impacts have been measured and analyzed. By measuring the intensity variation of the spots as a function of Jupiter rotation we show that these spots are likely constituted by large and thin clouds of dust located above the methane layer. The IR relative albedos has been also measured for some of these spots.

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