OBSERVATIONS OF COMET IMPACT BY REFLECTIONS FROM THE GALILEAN SATELLITES

Results of observations of the Galilean satellites during the week of the impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter are reported. These ob servations have been carried out at the Pico dos Dias observatory, at Brasopolis, Brazil. The satellites's light flux was monitored with a p hotometer during the time of the predicted impact of fragments B, F, J and L. No conclusive flash was observed in any of the data adquired. This non-detection imposes an upper limit to the energy released durin g the impact of these fragments.