Comet Shoemaker-Levy - News

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March 14, 2000

• NASA Renames NEAR Spacecraft For Planetary Science Pioneer Gene Shoemaker (NASA - March 14, 2000)

July 29, 1999

• New CDROMs With Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Data Available (Goddard Space Flight Center - July 29, 1999)

July 28, 1999

Moon Burial For Eugene Shoemaker (BBC News - July 28, 1999)

January 7, 1998

• Eugene Shoemaker Ashes Carried on Lunar Prospector (University of Arizona - January 7, 1998)

July 18, 1997

• Eugene Shoemaker (1928-1997) (Brian Marsden - July 18, 1997)

March 20, 1996

• Chain of Impact Craters Suggested by Spaceborne Radar Images (NASA - March 20, 1996).

March 1, 1996

• Comet SL9 Home Page Tops 7 Million Accesses (March 1, 1996).

February 24, 1996

• Hubble Observes Comet SL9 Effects on Jupiter (February 22-23, 1996).

February 21, 1996

• Today's New Images:
  • Pic du Midi Images of Jupiter (February 3, 1996).

February 8, 1996

The Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter Home page was voted as a Top 10 NASA Site of 1995

February 2, 1996

• New Galileo Jupiter Animations Available (JPL - February 2, 1996).
• Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Splits Again (Sky & Telescope - February 2, 1996).

January 22, 1996

• Galileo Probe Science Results (NASA - January 22, 1996).

January 17, 1996

• Galileo Probe Results Press Conference Set For Jan 22

January 11, 1996

• Today's New Images:
  • La Palma Images of Jupiter (December 3-4, 1995).

January 10, 1996

• Computer-Generated Galileo Jupiter Approach Images (JPL - January 10, 1996).

December 28, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • IRTF Images of Jupiter (December 7, 1995).

December 27, 1995

• Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Split? (Sky & Telescope - December 22, 1995).

December 21, 1995

• Comet SL9 Home Page Tops 6 Million Accesses (December 21, 1995).
• JPL Celebrates JOI-Ful Milestone (December 15, 1995).

December 19, 1995

• Live Chat with David Levy (December 21, 1995).

December 14, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Pic du Midi Images of Jupiter (December 5, 1995).

December 7, 1995

• Galileo Is In Orbit around Jupiter (JPL - December 7, 1995).

December 3, 1995

• The Discovery Channel will air a new documentary called "On Jupiter".

December 1, 1995

• Galileo Crosses Into Jupiter's Magnetosphere (December 1, 1995).

November 24, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • IRTF Images of Jupiter (July 27, 1995).
• Galileo Less Three Weeks From Jupiter (JPL - November 17, 1995).

November 21, 1995

• Added a link to the Galileo Countdown to Jupiter Home Page.

November 12, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Pic du Midi Images of Jupiter (November 6-8, 1995).

November 9, 1995

• Today's New Image:
  • Hubble Images of Jupiter (October 4-6, 1995).
• Galileo Event - Planetary Society.

October 24, 1995

• Added a link to the Stardust Home Page, a proposed Discovery comet mission.

October 22, 1995

• Comet SL9 Home Page Tops 5 Million Accesses (October 22, 1995).

October 15, 1995

• Today's New Image:
  • Hubble Image of Jupiter (February 13, 1995).

October 11, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (October 10, 1995).

October 9, 1995

• Comet Impact Belt on Jupiter No Longer Visible? (John Rogers - October 6, 1995).

October 7, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (October 5, 1995).
• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (October 6, 1995).

October 5, 1995

• Galileo Mission Status Report (October 1, 1995).

September 27, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (September 27, 1995).

September 23, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Galileo Images of Fragment K Impact (July 19, 1994).

September 20, 1995

• Comet Crash Book Will Be Available Sep 29

September 16, 1995

• Levy's Comet SL9 Book Available Now
• Comet Crash Book Due in October 1995

September 14, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Galileo Images of Fragment N Impact (July 20, 1994).

September 12, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Galileo Images of Fragment W Impact (208 Images) (July 22, 1994).

September 11, 1995

• Report of the Near-Earth Objects Survey Working Group (June 1995).
• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (September 8, 1995).

September 4, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (August 28, 1995).

August 29, 1995

• Galileo Flying Through Intense Dust Storm (August 29, 1995).

August 25, 1995

• EUVE Observations of Jupiter During Comet SL9 Impacts (August 25, 1995).
• Home Page Selected as Top 5% Web Site!

August 20, 1995

• The following animations are now available:
  • University of Rochester Animation (1.1MB).
  • University of Rochester Animation (203K).

July 31, 1995

• International Conference on the SL9-Jupiter Collision.

July 27, 1995

• Galileo Successfully Fires Main Engine (July 27, 1995).

July 16, 1995

• Today is the one year anniversary of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's collision with Jupiter.

July 14, 1995

• The release date for "The Great Comet Crash" by Cambridge University Press is now August 1995.

July 13, 1995

• Galileo Probe Successfully Released (July 12, 1995).

July 11, 1995

• Galileo to Release Jupiter Atmospheric Probe (July 11, 1995).

July 9, 1995

• Galileo Probe Release Status (July 6, 1995).

July 3, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Texas A&M Images of Jupiter (July 18-19, 1994).
  • Texas A&M Images of Jupiter (July 20-27, 1994).
  • Texas A&M Images of Jupiter (July 27 - August 1, 1994).

June 30, 1995

• Comet SL9 Caused Outburst in Jupiter's Microwave Radiation (NSF - June 30, 1995).

June 29, 1995

• Icarus Comet Shoemaker-Levy Special Issue (June 29, 1995).

June 28, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • PSC Simulated Images of Comet Impact.

June 19, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Texas A&M Post-Impact Image of Jupiter (May 28, 1995).
  • Texas A&M Post-Impact Image of Jupiter (June 13, 1995).

June 15, 1995

• Recent Hubble Observations of Jupiter (June 13, 1995).

June 14, 1995

• Hubble Detects Kuiper Belt Objects (NASA - June 14, 1995).
• Hubble Detects Comets Beyond Neptune (NASA - June 14, 1995).
• Added a link to the Proceedings from ESO SL9-Jupiter Workshop (March 1995).

June 7, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Kitt Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (July - December, 1993).
  • Kitt Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (January 21, 1994).

June 2, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (March 28, 1993).
  • Image of Jupiter's Aurora.

May 31, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • GCT Image of Jupiter
  • GCT Image of Fragment L Impact (July 19, 1994).
  • GCT Image of Jupiter (July 20, 1994).

May 27, 1995

• A Comet's Fiery Dance at Jupiter (Galileo Messenger - May 1995).
• Today's New Images:
  • Galileo's Light Curves for Fragment GHLQ Impacts (July 1994).
  • Galileo's NIMS Light Curves for Fragment G and Impacts (July 1994).

May 25, 1995

• Published Papers about Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (May 24, 1995).

May 24, 1995

• Comet Impact Belt Still Visible (John Rogers - May 24, 1995).

May 23, 1995

• Comet Impacts Still Visible (Daniel Fischer - May 23, 1995).

May 17, 1995

• Today's New Image:
  • Hubble Image of Jupiter's Aurora (July 13, 1994).
• The link to the IUE Home Page has been updated.

May 16, 1995

• Abstracts from IAU Colloquium 156 (May 1995).

May 14, 1995

• Kitt Peak Images of Comet Takamizawa-Levy (April 5, 1995).

May 12, 1995

• Sky & Telescope News Bulletin (May 12, 1995).

May 11, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • SAAO Image of Jupiter (July 16, 1994).
  • SAAO Image of Fragment S Impact (July 21, 1994).

May 9, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • SPIREX Images of Fragment E Impact (July 17, 1994).
  • SPIREX Images of Fragment G & H Impacts (July 18, 1994).

May 7, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Kitt Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (March 28, 1993).
  • Kitt Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (March 30, 1993).

May 5, 1995

• Today's New Image:
  • Photo of the Shoemakers at STSCI (July 16, 1994).

May 4, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (May 3, 1995).

May 1, 1995

• Comet SL9 Home Page Tops 4 Million Accesses (May 1, 1995).

April 30, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • OAO Image of SL9, Io and Europa.
  • OAO Images of Fragment C Impact (July 17, 1994).
  • OAO Image of Fragment G Impact (July 18, 1994).
  • OAO Images of Fragment AEG Impacts (July 18, 1994).
  • OAO Images of Fragment K Impact (July 19, 1994).

April 23, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • ROSAT X-Ray Images of Fragment K Impact (July 19, 1994).
  • Hubble Images of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (July 1993 - March 1994).
  • Hubble Image of Jupiter (July 22, 1994).
  • Hubble Color-Composite Maps of Jupiter (July 15 - August 24, 1994).

April 22, 1995

• Hubble Finds 59 Possible New Kuiper Objects (Sky & Telescope - April 21, 1995).
• Requests for Comet SL9 Impact Times for IAU Colloquium 156:
  • Don Yeomans & Paul Chodas (JPL)
  • Mike A'Hearn (Univ. of Maryland)

April 21, 1995

• Next Jupiter Impact Will Occur in December 1995 (JPL - April 21, 1995).

April 20, 1995

• Preview of the upcoming IAU Colloquium 156 (Richard West - April 18, 1995).
• Today's New Images:
  • IRTF Post-Impact Image of Jupiter (April 15, 1995).
  • Image of G Impact Projected Onto Earth (J. Spencer & J. Mitton - April 20, 1995).

April 19, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (April 18, 1995).

April 18, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (April 17, 1995).

April 14, 1995

• Comet Takamizawa-Levy Splits (April 14, 1995).
• Possible Ice Meteorites Found in China (April 2, 1995).

April 10, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (April 7, 1995).

April 4, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • La Palma Images of Fragment H Plume (July 18, 1994).
  • La Palma Images of Fragment L Plume (July 19, 1994).
  • Lick Images of Jupiter (May 1, 1994).

April 2, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Pic du Midi Images of Comet SL9 (February 16 - June 6, 1994).
  • Pic du Midi Images of Fragment L Impact (July 19, 1994).
  • Pic du Midi Images of Fragment CGKLQ Impacts (July 20, 1994).
  • Pic du Midi Images of Jupiter (December 1994).

March 31, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Hubble Image of Jupiter (February 13, 1995).

March 26, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Hubble Image of Comet SL9 (March 1994).
  • Impact Crater Chain on Callisto.
  • Impact Crater Chain on Ganymede.

March 21, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Hubble Images of Fragment W Impact (July 22, 1994).

March 18, 1995

• IAU Colloquium 156 on the Comet SL9-Jupiter impacts will be in Baltimore, Maryland on May 9-12, 1995.

March 15, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Steward Images of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (January 8, 1994).
  • Steward Images of Fragment ?? Impacts (July 20, 1994).
  • Steward Images of Fragment ?? Impacts (July 20, 1994).
  • Steward Images of Fragment ?? Impacts (July 20, 1994).

March 14, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (March 10, 1995).

March 11, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Hubble Images of Fragment G Impact (July 18-23, 1994).

March 10, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (March 6, 1995).
• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (March 7, 1995).
• Summary of European SL-9/Jupiter Workshop (Postcript file only) (ESO - February 1995).

March 7, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • SAAO Image of Fragment S Impact (July 21, 1994).
• The following animations are now available:
  • Fragment R Impact Animation (32K), using Keck images.
  • Fragment C Impact Animation (79K), using IRTF images.
  • IRTF Animation (72K).
  • IRTF Animation (103K).
  • IRTF Animation (161K).

March 5, 1995

• The following animation is now available:
  • Fragment Q Impact Animation (7.2 MB), courtesy of Calar Alto Observatory.
• Today's New Images:
  • ESO Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (March 28, 1993).
  • Kitt Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy.
  • Hubble Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (July 1, 1993).
  • Hubble Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (July 1, 1993).
  • IRTF Image of Jupiter (July 14, 1994).
  • APO Image of Fragment DEFGHRS Impacts (July 20, 1994).

March 3, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Calar Alto Post-Impact Images of Jupiter (February 16-18, 1995).
• Created a Post-Impact Images home page.

March 2, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Lowell Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (June 19, 1993).
  • IRTF Image of Fragment C Impact (July 17, 1994).
  • Kitt Pre-Impact Images of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (March 28, 1993).
  • Pine Pre-Impact Image (July 12, 1994).
  • Pine Pre-Impact Image (July 12, 1994).
  • Pine Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (July 9, 1994).
  • Pine Image of Comet Shoemaker-Levy (July 9, 1994).

February 26, 1995

• Comet Busters (Technology Review - Feb/Mar 1995).

February 24, 1995

• Chodas Recognized for Comet SL9 Predictions (February 24, 1995).

February 22, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (February 21, 1995)

February 19, 1995

• Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report (February 14, 1995)

February 17, 1995

• Sky & Telescope News Bulletin (February 17, 1995).

February 14, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Apache Point Observatory Post-Impact Images (February 7, 1995).

February 13, 1995

• Galileo NIMS Detects Fragment R Fireball & Fallout on Jupiter (February 10, 1995).

February 12, 1995

• The December 1994 issue of the Galileo Messenger has two Comet SL9 articles:
  • The Brilliant Death of Comet SL9.
  • Timing is Everything

February 10, 1995

• Galileo Mission Status Report (February 1, 1995).

February 9, 1995

• New Jupiter Observations from McDonald Observatory (February 7, 1995).
• European Comet SL9/Jupiter Workshop.

February 4, 1995

• Created a Miscellaneous Images home page.
• Today's New Images:
  • CTIO Images of Fragment A Impact (July 16, 1994).
  • Impact Crater Chain on Callisto.
  • Impact Crater Chain on the Moon.

January 20, 1995

• Sky & Telescope News Bulletin (January 20, 1995)

January 18, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Whately Post-Impact Images of Jupiter (January 14, 1995).

January 17, 1995

• The following animation is now available:
  • Fragment R Impact Animation (552K), courtesy of McDonald Observatory.

January 16, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Rome Image of Jupiter (July 25, 1994).

January 14, 1995

• Comet Crash, Asteroid Moon on Galileo's '94 Agenda (JPL - January 13, 1995).
• Shoemaker-Levy 9 Observations Widespread (JPL - January 13, 1995).

January 12, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Calar Alto Pre-Impact Image of Comet SL9 (May 5, 1994).
  • Calar Alto Pre-Impact Images of Jupiter (July 16, 1994).
  • Calar Alto Image of Fragment H Impact (July 18, 1994).
  • Calar Alto Image of Fragment ACEFHK Impacts (July 19, 1994).
  • Calar Alto Image of Fragment Q1 Impact (July 20, 1994).

January 8, 1995

• Today's New Images:
  • Calar Alto Post Impact Images (December 21, 1994).

January 6, 1995

• Galileo Mission Status Report (January 1, 1995).
• Today's New Images:
  • Calar Alto Images of Fragment A Impact (July 16, 1994).
  • Calar Alto Images of Fragment H Impact (July 18, 1994).
  • Calar Alto Christmas Image of Jupiter & Io (December 24, 1994).
  • Calar Alto 100 Image Mosaic of Fragment A Impact (July 16, 1994).

January 3, 1995

• Sky & Telescope News Bulletin (January 3, 1995).
• Added a Recent Comet Images page.

January 1, 1995

• Added a 1994 Access Count Graph to the Access Statistics page.

News - 1994

Ron Baalke
ron@jpl.nasa.gov