Wed Jul 20 01:11:44 1994
An extremely bright 10.3 micron source was observed on Jupiter following
the impact of comet fragment "L" using the Goddard Infrared Array Camera
at the ARC Apache Point 3.5-meter telescope. Because of difficult weather
conditions the source was acquired at 22:42 UT (about 20 minutes after
flux density of about 3000 Janskys (about 5 times the flux density of Alpha
Boo), and appeared to fade over the following hour by about 50%. The event
was also seen as a dramatic dark spot in visible light at the focal plane othe 3.5-meter telescope.
Dan Gezari, Drake Deming, Bob Loewenstein, Frank Varosi, Larry Woods