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1995-02-23
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Lick Observatory 40-inch Telescope Image of Three Comet Impact
Spots on Jupiter
Three impact sites from Comet Shoemaker-Levy fragments are clearly visible in this
enhanced image from the Lick Observatory 40-inch Nickel telescope. The image was
taken 18 July 1994 in a methane filter centered at 8950 A in the near-infrared. The sites
from fragments C, A, and E can be seen from left to right just above the south polar hood
at the bottom of the image. The two spots on the left at a slightly higher latitude are the
long-lived white ovals regularly present on Jupiter. At the time of this image, impact A
had occured 33 hours previous. Impacts C and E were 12 and 14 hours old respectively.
Mike Brown, David Schlegel, Hy Spinrad, U.C. Berkeley; Ray Newburn, JPL