A collision in the solar system: the impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with the planet Jupiter.
Abstract
During the week of 1994 Jul 16 - 22, the planet Jupiter was impacted by the fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. This report summarizes the discovery of the comet, the realization that it would impact Jupiter, and the observations of the impact and post-impact events and features as reported by amateur observers in the A.L.P.O. and cooperating organizations.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, the Strolling Astronomer
- Pub Date:
- February 1997
- Bibcode:
- 1997JALPO..39...97H
- Keywords:
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- Comets: Collisions;
- Comets: Jupiter;
- Jupiter: Impact Phenomena