... Artist?s conception of the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter, as seen from the Galileo spacecraft. At the time of the first impact, the comet fragments will be much farther apart than shown in this illustration. ... One orbit, computer May 18, 1993 by Syuichi Nakano, showed that the comet passed close to Jupiter in July 1992, and would pass within 45,000 kilometers of the center of Jupiter in July, 1994. ... The fragments of Shoemaker-Levy 9 move around Jupiter. ...

NATIONAL ASTRONOMY AND IONOSPHERE CENTER . ... Planetary Radar . ... Asteroids . ... Radar imaging of near-Earth asteroids can provide dramatic images with resolutions down to 8 m, comparable to the images obtained by the Galileo and NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft. ... Asteroid 2001 GQ2 was imaged by the Arecibo radar system during April, 2001 by M. Nolan. ... These radar images of main-belt asteroid 216 Kleopatra were obtained in November, 1999, about one hour apart (Ostro et al 2000, Science). ...

... Tonight's Sky . ... Herschel links Jupiterт??s water to comet impact . Only the space observatory was able to provide the sensitive spectral imaging needed to find the missing link between Jupiter s water and the 1994 impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. ... Only Herschel was able to provide the sensitive spectral imaging needed to find the missing link between Jupiter s water and the 1994 impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, said Thibault Cavali of the Laboratory of Astrophysics of Bordeaux. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... On Sunday, March 23 rd , the television "superstation" TBS aired a show called "Fire From the Sky", yet another in a long line of documentaries about imminent doom from an asteroid collision. ... They aren't kidding when they say it's a matter of global life and death, and it's terrible that there isn't enough money being spent on searching for Earth crossing asteroids. ... Like "Asteroid", one of their animations showed a cloud of asteroids very close to each other. ...

... Recherche dans le site : . Ciel Espace, le magazine qui vous guide toujours plus loin . ... des pages consacr†йes †а la publication de vos photos Mais c'est aussi une vraie communaut†й avec laquelle partager votre passion et nourrir votre curiosit†й. Accueil Observez l'impact m†йt†йoritique sur Jupiter ! ... Jupiter_dans_le_ciel.jpg] . Les effets d†йvastateurs de la collision m†йt†йoritique survenue sur Jupiter le 20 juillet dernier sont bien visibles dans un t†йlescope d'amateur. ...

... ARTICLE: Die Roche’sche Grenze . ... Beide Objekte besitzen eine derart groъe Masse, dass sie in der Hauptsache von ihrer eigenen Gravitationskraft zusammengehalten werden, wobei die Masse des Planeten die des Satelliten Эberwiegt. Sehen wir uns den Satelliten etwas nДher an. ... Dadurch enstehen an der OberflДche der zwei Objekte GezeitenkrДfte, d.h. die OberflДche des Satelliten krЭmmt sich in Richtung des Mittelpunktes des Mutterplaneten und umgekehrt (vgl. ... AAL member since 1996 . ...

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... Home Articles NYC Urban Starfest ? Background & History of the Event . ... Urban Starfest in Central Park . ... Beyond New York City . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... NYC Urban Starfest - Background History of the Event . ... Today the NYC Urban Starfest, while somewhat smaller in nature & scope, but still a most wonderful event, is solely coordinated and directed by the Amateur Astronomer?s Association and the NYC Urban Park Rangers. ...

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