HST far-ultraviolet imaging of jupiter during the impacts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

John T. Clarke; Renée Prangé; Gilda E. Ballester; John Trauger; Robin Evans; Daniel Rego; Karl Stapelfeldt; Wing Ip; Jean Claude Gérard; Heidi Hammel; Manish Ballav; Lotfi Ben Jaffel; Jean Loup Bertaux; David Crisp; Claude Emerich; Walter Harris; Mihaly Horanyi; Steven Miller; Alex Storrs; Harold Weaver

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HST far-ultraviolet imaging of jupiter during the impacts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

John T. Clarke, Renée Prangé, Gilda E. Ballester, John Trauger, Robin Evans, Daniel Rego, Karl Stapelfeldt, Wing Ip, Jean Claude Gérard, Heidi Hammel, Manish Ballav, Lotfi Ben Jaffel, Jean Loup Bertaux, David Crisp, Claude Emerich, Walter Harris, Mihaly Horanyi, Steven Miller, Alex Storrs, Harold Weaver

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Hubble Space Telescope far-ultraviolet images of Jupiter during the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts show the impact regions darkening over the 2 to 3 hours after the impact, becoming darker and more extended than at longer wavelengths, which indicates that ultraviolet-absorbing gases or aerosols are more extended, more absorbing, and at higher altitudes than the absorbers of visible light. Transient auroral emissions were observed near the magnetic conjugate point of the K impact site just after that impact. The global auroral activity was fainter than average during the impacts, and a variable auroral emission feature was observed inside the southern auroral oval preceding the impacts of fragments Q1 and Q2.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1302-1307
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science
Volume	267
Issue number	5202
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7871427
State	Published - 1995
Externally published	Yes

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Clarke, J. T., Prangé, R., Ballester, G. E., Trauger, J., Evans, R., Rego, D., Stapelfeldt, K., Ip, W., Gérard, J. C., Hammel, H., Ballav, M., Jaffel, L. B., Bertaux, J. L., Crisp, D., Emerich, C., Harris, W., Horanyi, M., Miller, S., Storrs, A., & Weaver, H. (1995). HST far-ultraviolet imaging of jupiter during the impacts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Science, 267(5202), 1302-1307. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7871427

Clarke, JT, Prangé, R, Ballester, GE, Trauger, J, Evans, R, Rego, D, Stapelfeldt, K, Ip, W, Gérard, JC, Hammel, H, Ballav, M, Jaffel, LB, Bertaux, JL, Crisp, D, Emerich, C, Harris, W, Horanyi, M, Miller, S, Storrs, A & Weaver, H 1995, 'HST far-ultraviolet imaging of jupiter during the impacts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9', Science, vol. 267, no. 5202, pp. 1302-1307. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7871427

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