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Episode
4:
IMPACT ON JUPITER
with guest Dr. Heidi B. Hammel from the Space Science Institute |
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| On
July 19, 2009, Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley
spotted a dark-colored scar high in the clouds over Jupiter’s
southern polar region. It looked like the scars left behind
by Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 when its shattered fragments crashed
into Jupiter in the summer of 1994. Dr. Heidi B. Hammel is one
of the astronomers who have studied the aftermath of this latest
collision to learn about how Jupiter’s atmosphere responds
to such collisions. In this episode, Dr. Hammel discusses what
her team learned from their observations of the collision site
using Hubble, Gemini, and Keck cameras. |
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Past
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1: Astrobiology with guest Chris McKay
Episode
2: Cosmic Debris with guest Peter Jenniskens
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3: Water on the Moon with guest Brian Day
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