Analysis of McDonald Observatory Data on the Impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Jupiter

95-26294 Cochran作为NSF资助的1994年7月苏梅克-列维9号彗星撞击木星后续研究的一部分，Cochran博士建议用德克萨斯大学麦克唐纳天文台的望远镜分析、建模和存档该事件的数据。 特别是，科克伦博士和他的团队成员，无论是在得克萨斯大学和科罗拉多大学，将详细分析红外和CCD成像和光谱数据的火球，造成的影响彗星碎片R。 此外，他们还将检查碎片F、U和V的撞击数据，以寻找火球或羽流的证据。 目标是确定撞击碎片在木星大气层中的分布;物质的来源（彗星或木星）;撞击对木星平流层中垂直风、纬向风和纬向风的影响;物质的最终破坏过程;以及撞击地点上空积累的平流层水量。 **

95-26294 Cochran As part of NSF-funded follow-up studies of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on Jupiter in July 1994, Dr. Cochran proposes to analyze, model, and archive data obtained of the event with the telescopes of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory. In particular, Dr. Cochran and his team members, both at the University of Texas and the University of Colorado, will analyze in detail the infrared and CCD imaging and spectroscopy data of the fireball that resulted from the impact of comet fragment R. Furthermore, they will examine the data from the impacts of fragments F, U, and V for evidence of fireballs or plumes. The goal is to determine the distribution of impact debris in the Jovian atmosphere; the origin of the material (cometary or Jovian); the impacts' effects on the vertical, zonal, and meridional winds in the Jovian stratosphere; the ultimate destruction processes of the material; and the amount of stratospheric water that accumulated over the impact sites. **