ON COLLISION OF SECONDARY NUCLEI OF COMET P/SHOEMAKER-LEVI 9 (1993E) WITH JUPITER

In July 1994 the comet P/Shoemaker-Levi which in July 1992 split in the Roche lobe of Jupiter onto 21 fragments, then collided with Jupiter at the altitude near – 45°. The consequences of this collision in the form of outbursts of brightness of the Jupiter satellites/ emergence of new structures in...

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Main Authors: K. I. Churyumov, V. G. Kruchinenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Odessa I. I. Mechnykov National University 2017-07-01
Series:Odessa Astronomical Publications
Online Access:http://oap.onu.edu.ua/article/view/105729