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- This is an image of Jupiter obtained with the 0.8-m telescope of
- McDonald Observatory on 17 July 1994. The spot where the B (or second)
- fragment should hit would be at a latitude of -45 degrees on the
- central meridian. This images is taken with a filter which isolates the colors
- at which methane gas absorbs light.
- This means that regions with a clear upper atmosphere will be dark
- because the methane absorbs light while bright regions have
- cloud or haze particles in the stratosphere
- above the methane gas. No evidence of the impact site
- is visible.
- The South Pole of Jupiter is the brighter edge to the bottom of
- the image. This image was obtained by Dr. Wayne Pryor (U. Colorado),
- Dr. Chan Na (SouthWest Research Institute) and Dr. Anita Cochran (U. Texas at
- Austin).
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