Estimate of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 nucleus size from position observations

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Jan 1994

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Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 42, no. 1, p. 95-96

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Comet Nuclei, Fragments, Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet, Size Determination, Estimates, Mathematical Models, Perturbation, Position (Location)

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The comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was discovered by C. S. Shoemaker, E. M. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy with the 0.46 m Schmidt telescope at Palomar (IAUC, N 5725). The cometary images were unusual. The comet appeared as a dense, linear bar about 1 min. More recently, J Luu and D. K. Jewitt reported that this comet consistes of separate sub-nuclei `strung out like pearls on a string' (IAUC, N 5730). J. V. Scotti and H. J. Melosh (1993) estimated the length and orientation of the nuclear train using the tidal breakup model with a fragment separation (end to end) of 1.63 km. The main goals of this paper are determining the time of breakup of the parent body and estimating its size.

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