A Search for Decametric Wavelength Radio Emission from the Collision of Comet S-L9 with Jupiter
Abstract
We report results of an ongoing investigation of low frequency radio observations of the planet Jupiter made before, during, and after the collision of comet S-L 9. The observation were made in order to determine if the entry, passage, and collision of the comet may have generated low frequency radio emission or altered the normal Jovian decametric emission. We have investigated the variations in the occurrence probability of the normal decametric emission from several months before to several weeks after the collision. Our conclusion is that there were no detectable effects of the comet on the normal decametric emission. Using data from six different sites we are searching for possible bursts of emission associated with the collision of 19 fragments. No clear evidence of association of bursts with the collision of the fragments has been found so far. We are investigating the possible origin of a few bursts received almost simultaneously at two or more stations. An invest!
igation of two short bursts of emission, received near the collision of fragments Q2 and Q1, reveals that there is a good possibility that the bursts could be associated with the fragments.- Publication:
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Planetary Radio Emission IV
- Pub Date:
- 1997
- Bibcode:
- 1997pre4.conf..195R
- Keywords:
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- Planetary radio emissions;
- Jupiter (Planet);
- DAM;
- Comet SL-9