SL9 Entry Phenomena and Jovian Stratospheric Responses: Analysis of the Palomar and Siding Spring Datasets

95-26314尼科尔森作为1994年7月由美国国家科学基金会资助的肖梅克-列维9号彗星撞击木星的后续研究的一部分，尼科尔森博士将调查三个相关专题：(1)通过对地面、哈勃空间望远镜和伽利略系统观测获得的光曲线进行比较建模，确定撞击产生的主要气溶胶云团；(2)利用红外成像光谱分析技术，确定木星平流层对较大撞击的热和成分反应；(3)根据近红外光谱仪，确定撞击产生的主要气溶胶云的垂直分布。这项调查的基础将是在加州帕洛玛天文台和澳大利亚斯丁泉天文台获得的数据集。**

95-26314 Nicholson As part of NSF-funded follow-up studies of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on Jupiter in July 1994, Dr. Nicholson will investigate three related topics: (1) The sequence of events and principal phenomena that resulted from the impacts, via comparative modeling of the light curves obtained from ground-based, Hubble Space Telescope, and Galileo observations; (2) the thermal and compositional response of the Jovian stratosphere to the larger impacts, using IR imaging spectroscopy; and (3) determination of the vertical distribution of the prominent impact-produced aerosols clouds, based on near-IR spectrophotometry. The basis of this investigation will be data sets obtained at Palomar Observatory, Cal., and the Siding Spring Observatory, Australia. **