IAU XXII General Assembly - SL9 sessions

        PROGRAM for the :
        SPECIAL SESSION ON THE COLLISION OF COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY 9 WITH JUPITER 
        
        at the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION. 
        
          - The Hague (The Netherlands) -  August 18 and August 20, 1994 -
        
        
        First part : Thursday, August 18, 1994 (14h-18h20 - Room Jan Steen) :
        
        14h:   Overview of the event (M. A'Hearn)
        14h45: Hubble Space Telescope visible imaging during the crash 
               (H. Hammel et al.) 
        15h10: Results of UV imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope 
               (J. Clarke et al.)
        15h35: The altered composition of Jupiter's atmosphere after comet SL-9 
               from HST, UKIRT and IRTF spectroscopy (K. Noll et al.)
        16h15: Keck observations of the SL-9 impact on Jupiter (I. de Pater et al.)
        
        16h35-17h05: Coffee Break 
        
        17h05: Near-infrared spectroscopic monitoring of Jupiter at the time 
               of the SL-9 impact from ESO-NTT (R. Schulz et al.)
        17h25: Near-infrared imaging from ESO (K. Jockers et al.)
        15h40: 10-micron imaging from NOT and ESO (P.O. Lagage et al.)
        18h:   Continuous monitoring with the IUE satellite of the Jovian upper 
               atmosphere during the Shoemaker-Levy 9/Jupiter collision 
               (W. Harris et al.)
        
        
        Second part : Saturday, August 20, 1994 (14h-18h20 - Room Rembrandt) :
        
        14h:   Overview of the event (Repeat) (M. A'Hearn)
        14h45: Summary of the presentations of August 18
        15h:   Observations of Jupiter's synchrotron radiation throughout the 
               SL-9 impacts (I. de Pater et al.)
        15h20: Review of Calar Alto imaging, photometry, and spectroscopy of 
               the SL-9 impacts (T. Herbst et al.)
        15h30: Calar Alto results from the A and Q impacts (D.P. Hamilton 
               et al.)
        15h45: Results from IRTF imaging  (M. A'Hearn et al.)
        16h:   0.35-1 micron imaging and 0.67-1 micron spectroscopy of 
               impact sites at ESO (K. Horne and R. Schoenmakers)
        
        16h15-16h45: Coffee Break 
        
        16h45: Imaging and spectroscopy from La Palma (I.P. Williams et al.)
        17h:   Pic-du Midi spectroscopy and imaging (M. Roos et al.)
        17h20: Millimetric observations from JCMT and IRAM (Owen et al., 
               Lellouch et al.; report by C. de Bergh)
        17h35: KAO observations (report by D. Morrison)
        17h50: Models of the comet collision (K. Zahnle)
        
        
        Organizers:
        C. de Bergh, D. Morrison, M. A'Hearn and A. Harris. 
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        For more information on the program, contact : 
        C. de Bergh, Observatoire de Paris, France
        E-mail : DEBERGH@MESIOB.OBSPM.FR
        
        Journalists willing to attend these sessions should contact : 
        Rene Genee, ASTRO/NFRA, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
        Fax : 31 5219 7332