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SKY & TELESCOPE'S NEWS BULLETIN -- August 20, 1994

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WATER FROM COMET S-L 9?

Here's late word about the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. Scientists who used the Kuiper Airborne Observatory to observe the comet's crash into Jupiter last month report that they *did* detect water in the hot fireballs of fragments G and K. Their evidence suggests the water is from the comet itself, not from Jupiter.

IAU UPDATE

Next week we hope to have some results from the tri-annual meeting of the International Astronomical Union, which just concluded in the Netherlands.

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