Program for IAU Colloquium 156 : The Collision of
Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter
9-12 May 1995
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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MONDAY, MAY 8, 1995
Evening 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
REGISTRATION & RECEPTION - JHU Bloomberg Building
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TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1995
Registration 8:00 A. M. - 9:00 A.M.
TALKS 9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
9:00 - 9:20 am : Welcome & introduction
*SOC/LOC/hosts
9:20 - 10:10 am : The first minutes: Galileo's SL9 Observations
*Torrence Johnson
10:10 - 11:00 am : Observations during the first two hours after impact:
Plumes & fresh sites
*Heidi Hammel
11:00 - 11:30 am : BREAK
11:30 - 12:20 pm : Ground-based observations of impact phenomena
*Phil Nicholson
12:30 - 2:00 pm : LUNCH
WORKSHOPS 2:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
2:00 - 3:15 pm : Flash reflections (limits, etc.) *Mike A'Hearn
3:15 pm : BREAK (refreshments available for most of the afternoon)
3:20 - 4:35 pm : Synthesize phenomena (G & W) *Alan Fitzsimmons
4:45 - 6:00 pm : Synthesis of impact times *Donald K. Yeomans
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1995
TALKS 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
8:30 - 9:20 am : The composition and structure of comet D/Shoemaker-Levy 9
*Jacques Crovisier
9:20 - 10:10 am : Models of fragment penetration and fireball evolution
*David Crawford
10:10 - 10:40 am : BREAK
10:40 - 11:30 am : Entry models vs. observations: What have we learned?
*Mordecai MacLow
11:30 - 12:20 pm : Models of fallback
*Kevin Zahnle
12:30 - 2:00 pm : LUNCH
WORSHOPS 2:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
2:00 - 3:15 pm : Synthesize phenomena (K, L & R) *Richard West
3:15 pm : BREAK (refreshments available for most of the afternoon)
3:20 - 4:35 pm : Comparison of impact models *Glenn Orton
4:45 - 6:00 pm : What about the weak/missing impacts? *Hal Weaver
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THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1995
TALKS 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
8:30 - 9:20 am : Tidal breakup of the nucleus of Comet SL9
*Zdenek Sekanina
9:20 - 10:10 am : Magnetospheric and auroral effects of the SL9 impacts
*Wing Ip
10:10 - 10:40 am : BREAK
10:40 - 11:30 am : Chemistry induced by the impacts: Observations
*Emmanuel Lellouch
11:30 - 12:20 pm : Chemistry - theory
*Roger Yelle
WORKSHOPS 2:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
2:00 - 3:15 pm : Pre-Breakup Orbital History of SL9 *Paul Chodas
3:15 pm : BREAK (refreshments available for most of the afternoon)
3:20 - 4:35 pm : Magnetospheric effects *Rene Prange
4:45 - 6:00 pm : Multiwavelength atomic and molecular
abundance determinations: Reconciling
differences *Keith Noll
Thursday Evening
6:30 - 10:00 pm : CONFERENCE DINNER - JHU Glass Pavilion
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FRIDAY MAY 12, 1995
TALKS 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
8:30 - 9:20 am : Physical & chemical properties and vertical distribution
of the SL-9 impact debris particles in Jupiter's stratosphere
*Bob West
9:20 - 10:10 am : Atmospheric thermal response
*Barney Conrath
10:10 - 10:40 am : BREAK
10:40 - 11:30 am : Jupiter's atmospheric circulation from 35 to 55 degrees
south latitude
*Reta Beebe
11:30 - 12:20 pm : Waves from the impacts of Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter
*Andy Ingersoll
12:30 - 2:00 pm : LUNCH
2:00 - 3:00 pm : Conference overview *Gene Shoemaker
END OF CONFERENCE
