Actually by this date 20 years ago, Jupiter was a mess from all the impacts.
I had an inside view of radio operations "lead" by Mike Bird starting the year before to determine
the background Jupiter would have at time of impacts:
http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/604943/observations
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103596901001
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/comet-shoemaker-levy-9-20-years-later-07162014/?et_mid=682638&rid=246716398
As a result of this comet's discovery and the enormous public interest I decided to brave the German language and try to make comets, to explore their composition and physical chemistry, and present a
demonstration of comet models at the MPIfR Open Day in August 1994 in Bonn Germany. I had been interested in comets already for 40 years! And that interest continues today.
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