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Radiative signatures from impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy-9 on JupiterThe visible optical power emitted from the expansion plumes from 0.4 and 2 km diameter fragments of Shoemaker-Levy are expected to be, approximately 25% and comparable to, the visible solar flux reflected from Jupiter, respectively, for several minutes, and could be easily observed by sensors on the Galileo spacecraft. Earth-based observers can detect these plumes as these expand over the SW limb of Jupiter and come into earth view some minutes after impact!
Document ID
19950048907
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Ahrens, Thomas J.
(California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA United States)
Takata, Toshiko
(California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA United States)
O'Keefe, John D.
(California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA United States)
Orton, Glenn S.
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 21
Issue: 14
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
95A80506
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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