Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact:
Analysis and Interpretation (6 months after event)
by Amara Graps
Macworld Exposition, San Francisco
January 4, 1995
This 25 minute talk explored popular aspects of the Summer 1994's major celestial event, including comet impact dynamics, its effect on the cloud system of Jupiter, observations of several of the major impacts, predictions and puzzles, and sources for more information.
Comet SL9 Impact Contents:
- Comet Background
- Why So Interesting?
- Observations
- Dynamics
- Surprise!
- Fragment A
- Fragment G
- Fragment R
- Fragment W
- Site Montage
- Post Impact
- Predictions and Puzzles
- Information
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