The Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter: IAU Colloquium 156

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511525056

The spectacular collision of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in July 1994 was a unique event in the history of observational astronomy. With a year's advance warning, astronomers and planetary scientists around the world were able to co-ordinate an observing campaign to track the event in unprecedented detail. A year after the event, a workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute provided the first opportunity for them to bring together their observations and found a new understanding of the impact. Based on this meeting, sixteen invited reviews from authors selected as international leaders in the study of the impact and its aftermath are presented in this volume. The chapters have been edited and arranged to provide a thorough and comprehensive overview of our knowledge of the event. While our understanding of the impact will evolve with future work, this book provides a solid foundation for new insights that will follow. It will be a standard reference for graduate students and researchers in astronomy and planetary science.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Participants
pp vii-xii
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Preface
pp xiii-xiv
- By Keith S. Noll, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, May, 1995, Harold A. Weaver, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, May, 1995, Paul D. Feldman, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, May, 1995
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The orbital motion and impact circumstances of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
pp 1-30
- By Paul W. Chodas, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA, Donald K. Yeomans, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
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Observational constraints on the composition and nature of Comet D/Shoemaker-Levy 9
pp 31-54
- By Jacques Crovisier, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, CNRS URA 1757, F-92195 Meudon, France
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Tidal breakup of the nucleus of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
pp 55-80
- By Zdenek Sekanina, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
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Earth-based observations of impact phenomena
pp 81-110
- By Philip D. Nicholson, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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HST imaging of Jupiter shortly after each impact: Plumes & fresh sites
pp 111-120
- By Heidi B. Hammel, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Galileo observations of the impacts
pp 121-132
- By Clark R. Chapman, Planetary Science Institute, 620 N. 6th Avenue, Tucson AZ 85705
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Models of fragment penetration and fireball evolution
pp 133-156
- By David A. Crawford, Experimental Impact Physics Department, Sandia National Laboratories, MS 0821, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA
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Entry and fireball models vs. observations: What have we learned?
pp 157-182
- By Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Astronomy & Astrophysics Center, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Also Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Dynamics and chemistry of SL9 plumes
pp 183-212
- By Kevin Zahnle, NASA Ames Research Center, M.S. 245–3, Moffett Field, California 94035-1000, USA
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Chemistry induced by the impacts: Observations
pp 213-242
- By Emmanuel Lellouch, Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon, France
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SL9 impact chemistry: Long-term photochemical evolution
pp 243-268
- By Julianne I. Moses, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, TX 77058-1113, USA
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Particulate matter in Jupiter's atmosphere from the impacts of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
pp 269-292
- By Robert A. West, Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, U.S.A.
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Jupiter's post-impact atmospheric thermal response
pp 293-306
- By Barney J. Conrath, Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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Growth and dispersion of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact features from HST imaging
pp 307-328
- By Reta F. Beebe, Department of Astronomy, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001/Dept. 4500, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
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Waves from the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts
pp 329-346
- By Andrew P. Ingersoll, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA, Hiroo Kanamori, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Jovian magnetospheric and auroral effects of the SL9 impacts
pp 347-374
- By Wing-Huen Ip, Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Participants
pp vii-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xiv

The orbital motion and impact circumstances of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
pp 1-30

Observational constraints on the composition and nature of Comet D/Shoemaker-Levy 9
pp 31-54

Tidal breakup of the nucleus of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
pp 55-80

Earth-based observations of impact phenomena
pp 81-110

HST imaging of Jupiter shortly after each impact: Plumes & fresh sites
pp 111-120

Galileo observations of the impacts
pp 121-132

Models of fragment penetration and fireball evolution
pp 133-156

Entry and fireball models vs. observations: What have we learned?
pp 157-182

Dynamics and chemistry of SL9 plumes
pp 183-212

Chemistry induced by the impacts: Observations
pp 213-242

SL9 impact chemistry: Long-term photochemical evolution
pp 243-268

Particulate matter in Jupiter's atmosphere from the impacts of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
pp 269-292

Jupiter's post-impact atmospheric thermal response
pp 293-306

Growth and dispersion of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact features from HST imaging
pp 307-328

Waves from the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts
pp 329-346

Jovian magnetospheric and auroral effects of the SL9 impacts
pp 347-374

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