HST Imaging of Atmospheric Phenomena Created by the Impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

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Mar 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995sci...267.1288h&link_type=abstract

Science, Volume 267, Issue 5202, pp. 1288-1296

Physics

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Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images reveal major atmospheric changes created by the collision of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. Plumes rose to 3000 kilometers with ejection velocities on the order of 10 kilometers second-1; some plumes were visible in the shadow of Jupiter before rising into sunlight. During some impacts, the incoming bolide may have been detected. Impact times were on average about 8 minutes later than predicted. Atmospheric waves were seen with a wave front speed of 454 ± 20 meters second-1. The HST images reveal impact site evolution and record the overall change in Jupiter's appearance as a result of the bombardment.

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