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Dust streams from comet Shoemaker-Levy 9?In 1991 and 1992, the dust detector onboard the Ulysses spacecraft detected several dust streams apparently originating from the jovian system. The timing and measured speeds of the final two dust streams are compatible with dust from comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's (SL9) disruption in 1992. Our further investigations of stream characteristics and dust acceleration mechanisms, however, shed some doubt that two of the eleven dust streams are of SL9 origin. In July 1994 when SL9 impacts Jupiter, the Galileo spacecraft will be about 3500 jovian radii away from the planet. Submicronsized dust released into, and accelerated by, the jovian magnetosphere during this event may reach Galileo and impact its dust detector between September and November 1994. We also discuss the possibility of directly sampling dust from SL9 during Galileo's orbital tour.
Document ID
19950043537
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Grun, E.
(Max-Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik Germany)
Hamilton, D. P.
(Max-Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik Germany)
Baguhl, M.
(Max-Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik Germany)
Riemann, R.
(Max-Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik Germany)
Horanyi, M.
(University of Colorado, Boulder, CO United States)
Polanskey, C.
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 21
Issue: 11
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
95A75136
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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