Excitation of low-order Jovian p-modes by cometary impacts

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Apr 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995apj...443l..89d&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 443, no. 2, p. L89-L92

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Cometary Collisions, Excitation, Jupiter (Planet), Momentum Transfer, P Waves, Pressure Pulses, Shock Waves, Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet, Delta Function, Eigenvectors, Temperature Gradients

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Three mechanisms for the impact excitation of low-order p-mode oscillations of Jupiter are examined: a pressure pulse, direct momentum transfer, and a blast wave. The oscillation amplitudes of these low-order modes excited by the impacts of the fragments of P/Shoemaker Levy 9 are estimated to be several orders of magnitude less than current detection limits. Other global oscillation modes, e.g., interfacial, surface, and high-frequency p-modes, are more highly excited by surface impacts but are not the subject of this Letter.

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