At the Sacramento Peak, N.M., facility of the NSO, scientists will study the comet impact's effect on Jupiter's atmosphere, using the methane absorption band of the Jovian spectrum. NSO scientists also will produce a movie of the impact.
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Emma Hardesty or Karie Meyers
Kitt Peak
(602)
325-9202 voice; 9360 fax
e-mail: meyers@noao.edu
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