Comet on target for Jupiter

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Jun 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993natur.363..492c&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 363, no. 6429, p. 492, 493.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Collisions, Comets, Jupiter (Planet), Planetary Surfaces, Astronomical Observatories, Impact, Comets, Jupiter, Shoemaker-Levy 9, Earth-Based Observations, 1993E, Fragments, Splitting, Gravity Effects, Tidal Effects, Orbit, Collisions, Impacts, Energy, Explosions, Atmosphere, Rings, Satellites

Scientific paper

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is anticipated to collide with the far side of Jupiter in late July, 1994. Although there will be no direct earth observations of the event, associated phenomena will be telescopically observable. Observational results are expected to shed light on how planet rings are formed, how satellites are cratered, the character of million-megaton atmospheric explosions, and the nature of comets. The impact is expected to rival or even exceed the explosive energy of the earth impact hypothesized to have been responsible for the K/T boundary extinctions.

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