DETECTION OF VERY HIGH-ALTITUDE FALLOUT FROM THE COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY-9 EXPLOSIONS IN JUPITER ATMOSPHERE

Authors
MALLAMA A NELSON P PARK J
Citation
A. Mallama et al., DETECTION OF VERY HIGH-ALTITUDE FALLOUT FROM THE COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY-9 EXPLOSIONS IN JUPITER ATMOSPHERE, J GEO R-PLA, 100(E8), 1995, pp. 16879-16884
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS
ISSN journal
21699097 → ACNP
Volume
100
Issue
E8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
16879 - 16884
Database
ISI
SICI code
2169-9097(1995)100:E8<16879:DOVHFF>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A comparison between visible light charge-coupled device (CCD) photome try and model light curves for several Jovian satellite eclipses revea ls that significant attenuating material was present in Jupiter's atmo sphere up to about 300 km (relative to the 1-bar pressure level) over the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact sites a month after the explosions o ccurred.