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Images
of Jupiter as seen by the EUVE satellite during the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts
with the planet. Note the detection of EUV emission from the planet during
the impacts on July 17-21, 1994. The brightness of Jupiter at 584 Angstroms,
which corresponds to an emission line of neutral helium atoms, increased
during the impacts by a factor of about 4 over its value before and after
the collisions. It is believed that this transient brightening is due to
reflected sunlight from helium contained in the high-altitude atmospheric
remains of plumes created by the impact events. A schematic illustration
of the disk of Jupiter is overplotted to show the location and orientation
of Jupiter in the images. |
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