Thu Jul 21 18:48:47 1994

Impact of fragment "R"

A bright feature was detected on the limb of Jupiter beginning at 5:42 UT using a 8900 A methane filter with the Perkins 1.8-m telescope at Lowell Observatory.

The on-set time is consistent with detections by numerous IR observers of the fragment "R" fireball.

The feature persisted until approximately 6:00 UT, by which time a large, dark feature became visible in narrow--band filters at 4060 A and 6560 A and a bright feature in the methane filter -- presumably impact site "G" rotating into view.

David Schleicher (Lowell Obs.), Mark Wagner (Ohio St. U.),
Peter Birch (Perth Obs.), and Siobhan Sackey (N. Arizona U.)

Last Modifikation: 95/01/04 11:34 MET

Curator: C. Kronberg (smil@agleia.de)