Disintegration Phenomena Expected During Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter
- 15 October 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 262 (5132) , 382-387
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.262.5132.382
Abstract
In July 1994, periodic comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is expected to collide with Jupiter. The largest fragments of the comet's original nucleus will be tidally disrupted shortly before they enter the Jovian atmosphere, and all fragments, from large rocks to small grains, will suffer ablation and disintegration as a result of interaction with the atmosphere. Even if atmospheric entry takes place on the planet's far side, secondary phenomena triggered by the terminal explosions of kilometer-sized fragments are likely to be observable from the Earth.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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