AAT Observations of the SL9 Fragment C, D, G, K, N, R, V, and W Impacts with Jupiter: Lightcurves and Imaging

Icarus

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 366-383

  Meadows, Victoria ^a   Crisp, David ^a   Barnes, Jason ^b,d   Orton, Glenn ^a   Spencer, John ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets, SL9; Impact processes; Infrared observations; Jupiter; Photometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012465012     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6645     Document Type: Article

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