On Penetration Depth of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Fragments into the Jovian Atmosphere

Details On Penetration Depth of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Fragments into the Jovian Atmosphere On Penetration Depth of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Fragments into the Jovian Atmosphere

May 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996em%26p...73..147h&link_type=abstract

Earth, Moon and Planets, Volume 73, Issue 2, pp.147-155

Physics

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The actual penetration depth of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments into the Jovian atmosphere is still an open question. From fundamental equations of meteoric physics with variable cross-section, a new analytic model of energy release of the fragments is presented. In use of reasonable parameters, a series of results are calculated for different initial mass of the fragments. The results show that the largest fragment explodes above pressure levels of 3 bars and does not penetrate into the H2O cloud layer of the Jovian atmosphere, and that airburst of smaller fragments occur even above the upper cloud layer.

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