Millimeter and Submillimeter Investigations of Planetary Atmospheres at OVRO: The Impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy into Jupiter

欧文斯谷射电天文台（OVRO）的五元毫米波阵列将于1994年7月启动，以观测苏梅克-列维9号彗星碎片撞击木星大气所造成的影响。仪器将在3毫米波长附近的连续模式下工作。预期的主要大气效应是木星上氨冰云内部和上方氨层的强烈扰动。测量提供了一种独特的方式来感知影响和估计能量释放。

9321602 Muhleman The Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) 5-element millimeter array will be activated in July of 1994 to observe the Jovian atmospheric effects of the impact of the fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. The instrument will be operated in the continuum mode near a wavelength of 3 millimeter. The primary atmospheric effect expected is a strong disturbance in the ammonia layer within and above the ammonia ice clouds on Jupiter. The measurements offer a unique way to sense the impacts and to estimate the energy release.