SL9 Impact Information

SL9 Impact Information

On the "Astronomy Information Super Highway" (i.e. Internet)

Can find FAQs, Images, Animations, Papers.

JPL Comet SL9 Home Page
Texas A and M Comet SL9 Page
SEDS Comet SL9 Home Page
Goddard Space Flight Center Comet SL9 Page
European Space Observatory Comet SL9 Page
Doug Hamilton's SL9 Page.

Images, Images, Images.

Incredible Statistics for JPL Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Home Page

(http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9)
o Total Accesses from July 8, 1994 to December 13, 1994: 3,268,118
o Total Comet Impact Images: 853 images from 57 observatories.
o Total Accesses During Comet Impact Week:  1,123,930
o Total Bytes Transmitted During Comet Impact Week:  24.9 gigabytes.

Totals for Summary Period:  Jul  8 1994 to Jul 31 1994
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o Files Transmitted During Summary Period          1,916,857
o Bytes Transmitted During Summary Period     47,360,641,331  (47.4 gigabytes!)
o Average Files Transmitted Daily                     79,869
o Average Bytes Transmitted Daily              1,973,360,055
o Total Unique Hosts                                  47,558
o Number of Countries                                     59
o Peak Hourly Access (July 20, 1994 3PM PDT)          14,525
o Peak Daily Access (July 20, 1994)                  249,883
o Peak Daily Byte Transfer (July 22, 1994)     6,027,577,465 (6 gigabytes)
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References for this Article

Beatty, J. Kelly and Goldman, Stuart J., "The Great Crash of 1994", Sky & Telescope, October 1994, pages 18-23.

West, R. M., "Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Collides with Jupiter: The continuation of a unique experience", ESO Messenger, September 1994

O'Meara, Stephen James, "The Great Dark Spots of Jupiter", Sky & Telescope, November 1994, pages 30-35.

Levy, David H., "Pearls on a String", Sky & Telescope, July 1993, pages 38-39.

Beatty, Kelly and Levy, David H., "Awaiting the Crash" Sky & Telescope, January 1994, page 40-44.

Beatty, Kelly and Levy, David H., "Awaiting the Crash - Part II", Sky & Telescope, July 1994, page 18-23.

Comet SL9 Mailing List July 1994 through January 1995.

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