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The comet collision with Jupiter: III. The largest impact complex at high resolution

Rogers, J. H.; Miyazaki, I.; Limaye, S. S.

Comet fragments D, G, R, and S all impacted on Jupiter within an 180 range of longitude, and produced a single great dark complex. Using high-resolution maps derived from Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based images, we compile a continuous record of this complex. Many dark spots and streamers developed within it. They did not follow the normal …