The aftermath of the July 2009 impact on Jupiter: Ammonia, temperatures and particulates from Gemini thermal infrared spectroscopy

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 568-586

  Fletcher, Leigh N ^a   Orton, G S ^b   de Pater, I ^c   Edwards, M L ^d   Yanamandra Fisher, P A ^b   Hammel, H B ^e   Lisse, C M ^f   Fisher, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Composition; Atmospheres, Structure; Impact processes; Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650934339     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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