The Waves Caused by the Impact of Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter

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Nov 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003acasn..44..337c&link_type=abstract

Acta Astronomica Sinica, vol. 44, no. 4, p. 337-341

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Wave, Planets: Comet: Sl-9

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During the period 18-24 July 1994, over20 fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope bring to light the dynamic responses of Jupiter's atmosphere to the impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. The import points are the observed circular rings surrounding five of the impact sites and spreading outward at a constant velocity of 450 m/s. The circularity of the rings suggested that they are waves. Because the wave speed appears to be constant for impacts of varying sizes, it is inferred that the propagation velocity is independent of the explosion energy, which implies linear waves. We review the three types of impact-induced waves . We provide a review on three candidate wave types of the impact-induced waves used by current theories, i.e. inertia-gravity waves, acoustic waves and seismic waves, with emphasis on the former two types.

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