COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY-9 - NO EFFECT ON THE IO PLASMA TORUS

Authors
BROWN ME MOYER EJ BOUCHEZ AH SPINRAD H
Citation
Me. Brown et al., COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY-9 - NO EFFECT ON THE IO PLASMA TORUS, Geophysical research letters, 22(13), 1995, pp. 1833-1835
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
22
Issue
13
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1833 - 1835
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1995)22:13<1833:CS-NEO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Observations of the Io plasma torus made before, during, and after the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter reveal no comet-induced changes. Three weeks of high spectral-resolution ground-based visible spectroscopy show no changes larger than typical day-to-day variation s in the torus densities, ion temperatures, or rotation velocities. Co mparison with six months of identically obtained data from 1991 and 19 92 also shows no differences.