Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Participants
- Preface
- The orbital motion and impact circumstances of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Observational constraints on the composition and nature of Comet D/Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Tidal breakup of the nucleus of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
- Earth-based observations of impact phenomena
- HST imaging of Jupiter shortly after each impact: Plumes & fresh sites
- Galileo observations of the impacts
- Models of fragment penetration and fireball evolution
- Entry and fireball models vs. observations: What have we learned?
- Dynamics and chemistry of SL9 plumes
- Chemistry induced by the impacts: Observations
- SL9 impact chemistry: Long-term photochemical evolution
- Particulate matter in Jupiter's atmosphere from the impacts of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Jupiter's post-impact atmospheric thermal response
- Growth and dispersion of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact features from HST imaging
- Waves from the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts
- Jovian magnetospheric and auroral effects of the SL9 impacts
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Participants
- Preface
- The orbital motion and impact circumstances of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Observational constraints on the composition and nature of Comet D/Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Tidal breakup of the nucleus of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
- Earth-based observations of impact phenomena
- HST imaging of Jupiter shortly after each impact: Plumes & fresh sites
- Galileo observations of the impacts
- Models of fragment penetration and fireball evolution
- Entry and fireball models vs. observations: What have we learned?
- Dynamics and chemistry of SL9 plumes
- Chemistry induced by the impacts: Observations
- SL9 impact chemistry: Long-term photochemical evolution
- Particulate matter in Jupiter's atmosphere from the impacts of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Jupiter's post-impact atmospheric thermal response
- Growth and dispersion of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact features from HST imaging
- Waves from the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts
- Jovian magnetospheric and auroral effects of the SL9 impacts
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- The Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and JupiterIAU Colloquium 156, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996