Program for IAU Colloquium 156 : The Collision of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter 9-12 May 1995 Baltimore, Maryland, USA --------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, MAY 8, 1995 Evening 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. REGISTRATION & RECEPTION - JHU Bloomberg Building --------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------- 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