Comet Shoemaker-Levy Impact: Briefing

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May 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994stin...0004923.&link_type=abstract

Technical Report, NONP-NASA-VT-2000001072

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet, Cometary Collisions, Jupiter (Planet), Astronomical Observatories, Hypervelocity Impact, Jupiter Atmosphere, Hubble Space Telescope, Spaceborne Astronomy, Jupiter Rings, Planetary Meteorology, Stratosphere, Troposphere

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A panel discussion held on May 18, 1994, about the impact of the P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9) comet with Jupiter and its observable effects on Jupiter's atmosphere, rings, satellites, and magnetosphere, is presented. Before the panel discussion animations show the first nuclei impact, collision with Jupiter's night side (5 of the 22 known fragments of P/Shoemaker-Levy 9; N, P2, P1, Q2, and Q1), and simulated views of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impact with Jupiter (from Earth and Galileo spacecraft) were presented. The panelists are: Dr. Eugene Shoemaker (from Lowell Observatory and US Geological Survey), the moderator and Shoemaker-Levy co-discoverer; Dr. Hal Weaver (from Space Telescope Science Institute); Dr. Lucy McFadden (from University of California-San Diego and the University of Maryland); Dr Melissa McGrath (from Space Telescope Science Institute); and Dr. Heidi Hammel (from Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Topics discussed include: interactions of cometary material with Jupiter's atmosphere, dynamical parameters of Jupiter's troposphere and stratosphere, and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Observations of the SL9 Impacts on Jupiter's Atmosphere.The panel answered some of the audience's questions at the end of the discussion. This video, Part 2 (of 2), is a continuation of Part 1. It presents the second part of the question and answer session and a replay of the animations.

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