The Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter

Author: Levy D.H.

Source: Space Science Reviews, Volume 85, Numbers 3-4, August 1998 , pp. 523-545(23)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

The discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in March 1993 opened an extraordinary few years in the study of the history of impacts in the solar system. This review paper offers a background that attempts to set the events of 1993 and 1994 into a historical context, and describes events leading to the discovery and the mounting of a unique and unprecedented international effort to observe the comet's collision with Jupiter. A selection of the results is presented to explore how the fate of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 has affected scientific and popular understanding of impacts in the solar system.

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Jarnac Observatory, 2500 East Wetstones Road, Vail, AZ 85641, U.S.A.

Publication date: 1998-08-01

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