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PSC Simulated Images of Comet Impact

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Sequence of theoretical models of the entry of the comet into the Jovian atmosphere by Mordecai-Mark Mac Low (University of Chicago) and Kevin Zahnle (NASA Ames Research Center), done at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. Density is shown with red high, blue low.

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