Jovian stratospheric temperature during the two months following the impacts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

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Apr 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001p%26ss...49..473m&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, Volume 49, Issue 5, p. 473-486.

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We present millimeter heterodyne observations of Jupiter performed at the IRAM 30-m telescope during and immediately after the infall of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on the planet. Rotational lines of CO and CS were first observed in emission during the impacts. They faded rapidly and turned into absorption features after July 28, 1994. The shapes of the lines imply that persistent layers of newly created molecular compounds remained in the upper stratosphere. Modeling of these lines was performed by taking into account the specific geometry of the impact sites. The main results concern: (i) the CO mass at the impact site G 10.5 h after impact, which is found in the range 0.5-2×1014g, (ii) the CS mass derived on the Q1+R+S complex, which is between 0.9 and 2.5×1012g one week after the impacts, (iii) the temporal evolution of the stratospheric temperature through July and September 1994. Assuming an exponential decrease of the perturbed temperature in the upper stratosphere, a cooling time constant of 29 h is found for the 10-/μbar region. Moreover, the temperature near 10-/μbar became colder than in pre-impact conditions between 2 and 3 weeks after the impacts, before returning to unperturbed values. Comparison is presented with published temperature evolution models of the SL9 sites.

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