http://http.hq.eso.org/educnpubrelns/sl9-distance (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)The Distance between SL-9 and Jupiter The table below was prepared by Syuichi Nakano (Sumoto, Japan). He was the first person to home in on the 1992 collision date and to indicate that the 1994 Jupiter approach might be at least as close. Date/DT Nucleus A Nucleus B Nucleus C Nucleus D Nucleus E y m d Km Km Km Km Km 1994 7 7.5 6,946,234 7,085,170 7,168,760 7,261,814 7,329,101 1994 7 8.0 6,700,684 6,842,446 6,927,696 7,022,566 7,091,143 1994 7 8.5 6,449,916 6,594,718 6,681,749 6,778,565 6,848,525 1994 7 9.0 6,193,520 6,341,604 6,430,556 6,529,465 6,600,910 1994 7 9.5 5,931,021 6,082,667 6,173,699 6,274,872 6,347,920 1994 7 10.0 5,661,870 5,817,406 5,910,700 6,014,332 6,089,119 1994 7 10.5 5,385,423 5,545,231 5,641,004 5,747,323 5,824,005 1994 7 11.0 5,100,915 5,265,451 5,363,958 5,473,231 5,551,993 1994 7 11.5 4,807,427 4,977,241 5,078,786 5,191,334 5,272,394 1994 7 12.0 4,503,833 4,679,600 4,784,555 4,900,764 4,984,386 1994 7 12.5 4,188,731 4,371,297 4,480,121 4,600,468 4,686,973 1994 7 13.0 3,860,333 4,050,781 4,164,058 4,289,140 4,378,931 1994 7 13.5 3,516,288 3,716,050 3,834,540 3,965,127 4,058,717 1994 7 14.0 3,153,391 3,364,436 3,489,163 3,626,280 3,724,342 1994 7 14.5 2,767,056 2,992,234 3,124,639 3,269,704 3,373,157 1994 7 15.0 2,350,257 2,593,996 2,736,241 2,891,326 3,001,487 1994 7 15.5 1,891,096 2,161,063 2,316,684 2,485,056 2,603,939 1994 7 16.0 1,365,732 1,677,865 1,853,502 2,040,944 2,171,956 1994 7 16.5 705,649 1,109,452 1,321,272 1,540,296 1,690,214 1994 7 17.0 309,446 643,302 937,029 1,124,558 1994 7 17.5 336,397 Distances from Jovicenter Date/DT Nucleus F Nucleus G Nucleus H Nucleus K Nucleus L y m d Km Km Km Km Km 1994 7 7.5 7,511,481 7,647,572 7,874,408 8,152,056 8,369,563 1994 7 8.0 7,276,939 7,415,500 7,646,312 7,928,606 8,149,594 1994 7 8.5 7,037,970 7,179,164 7,414,205 7,701,424 7,926,090 1994 7 9.0 6,794,269 6,938,280 7,177,832 7,470,286 7,698,852 1994 7 9.5 6,545,492 6,692,527 6,936,908 7,234,945 7,467,655 1994 7 10.0 6,291,249 6,441,543 6,691,114 6,995,126 7,232,253 1994 7 10.5 6,031,089 6,184,916 6,440,088 6,750,517 6,992,368 1994 7 11.0 5,764,496 5,922,168 6,183,414 6,500,765 6,747,690 1994 7 11.5 5,490,862 5,652,749 5,920,618 6,245,472 6,497,865 1994 7 12.0 5,209,472 5,376,009 5,651,145 5,984,176 6,242,493 1994 7 12.5 4,919,470 5,091,179 5,374,348 5,716,344 5,981,112 1994 7 13.0 4,619,815 4,797,334 5,089,456 5,441,352 5,713,189 1994 7 13.5 4,309,219 4,493,340 4,795,542 5,158,463 5,438,099 1994 7 14.0 3,986,056 4,177,783 4,491,471 4,866,790 5,155,101 1994 7 14.5 3,648,213 3,848,858 4,175,828 4,565,253 4,863,307 1994 7 15.0 3,292,854 3,504,190 3,846,803 4,252,514 4,561,636 1994 7 15.5 2,915,998 3,140,538 3,502,018 3,926,869 4,248,744 1994 7 16.0 2,511,719 2,753,251 3,138,224 3,586,098 3,922,923 1994 7 16.5 2,070,407 2,335,186 2,750,759 3,227,197 3,581,945 1994 7 17.0 1,574,199 1,874,190 2,332,458 2,845,911 3,222,794 1994 7 17.5 980,153 1,345,718 1,871,122 2,435,826 2,841,197 1994 7 18.0 677,692 1,342,070 1,986,325 2,430,702 1994 7 18.5 672,541 1,477,013 1,980,622 1994 7 19.0 855,006 1,470,368 1994 7 19.5 846,261 Distances from Jovicenter Date/DT Nucleus N Nucleus P Nucleus Q Nucleus R Nucleus S y m d Km Km Km Km Km 1994 7 7.5 8,590,586 8,675,017 8,762,806 8,928,816 9,097,491 1994 7 8.0 8,374,020 8,459,715 8,548,809 8,717,225 8,888,277 1994 7 8.5 8,154,105 8,241,132 8,331,597 8,502,543 8,676,090 1994 7 9.0 7,930,660 8,019,092 8,111,004 8,284,612 8,460,782 1994 7 9.5 7,703,484 7,793,403 7,886,843 8,063,261 8,242,195 1994 7 10.0 7,472,355 7,563,850 7,658,909 7,838,300 8,020,151 1994 7 10.5 7,237,025 7,330,197 7,426,976 7,609,520 7,794,459 1994 7 11.0 6,997,218 7,092,180 7,190,792 7,376,689 7,564,905 1994 7 11.5 6,752,623 6,849,502 6,950,073 7,139,548 7,331,252 1994 7 12.0 6,502,889 6,601,828 6,704,501 6,897,808 7,093,236 1994 7 12.5 6,247,616 6,348,778 6,453,718 6,651,143 6,850,561 1994 7 13.0 5,986,344 6,089,918 6,197,310 6,399,181 6,602,892 1994 7 13.5 5,718,540 5,824,746 5,934,806 6,141,499 6,349,849 1994 7 14.0 5,443,581 5,552,676 5,665,658 5,877,611 6,090,999 1994 7 14.5 5,160,730 5,273,019 5,389,221 5,606,949 5,825,838 1994 7 15.0 4,869,102 4,984,952 5,104,732 5,328,845 5,553,783 1994 7 15.5 4,567,618 4,687,481 4,811,275 5,042,508 5,274,144 1994 7 16.0 4,254,941 4,379,379 4,507,724 4,746,979 4,986,100 1994 7 16.5 3,929,371 4,059,104 4,192,683 4,441,085 4,688,657 1994 7 17.0 3,588,692 3,724,667 3,864,366 4,123,353 4,380,588 1994 7 17.5 3,229,906 3,373,416 3,520,428 3,791,896 4,060,354 1994 7 18.0 2,848,768 3,001,675 3,157,676 3,444,218 3,725,968 1994 7 18.5 2,438,881 2,604,046 2,771,538 3,076,885 3,374,782 1994 7 19.0 1,989,668 2,171,969 2,355,021 2,684,921 3,003,123 1994 7 19.5 1,480,829 1,690,098 1,896,289 2,260,573 2,605,606 1994 7 20.0 859,885 1,124,226 1,371,679 1,790,346 2,173,686 1994 7 20.5 335,200 713,543 1,245,807 1,692,062 1994 7 21.0 532,626 1,126,663 1994 7 21.5 339,649 Distances from Jovicenter Date/DT Nucleus T Nucleus U Nucleus V Nucleus W y m d Km Km Km Km 1994 7 7.5 9,152,397 9,213,644 9,320,447 9,387,338 1994 7 8.0 8,943,938 9,006,030 9,114,281 9,182,069 1994 7 8.5 8,732,541 8,795,519 8,905,285 8,974,013 1994 7 9.0 8,518,064 8,581,972 8,693,328 8,763,039 1994 7 9.5 8,300,350 8,365,236 8,478,262 8,549,007 1994 7 10.0 8,079,228 8,145,144 8,259,930 8,331,761 1994 7 10.5 7,854,510 7,921,515 8,038,156 8,111,133 1994 7 11.0 7,625,988 7,694,145 7,812,750 7,886,937 1994 7 11.5 7,393,432 7,462,813 7,583,500 7,658,968 1994 7 12.0 7,156,584 7,227,268 7,350,171 7,427,001 1994 7 12.5 6,915,159 6,987,235 7,112,500 7,190,781 1994 7 13.0 6,668,832 6,742,401 6,870,195 6,950,027 1994 7 13.5 6,417,235 6,492,412 6,622,925 6,704,420 1994 7 14.0 6,159,951 6,236,865 6,370,314 6,453,601 1994 7 14.5 5,896,495 5,975,299 6,111,930 6,197,158 1994 7 15.0 5,626,307 5,707,176 5,847,280 5,934,618 1994 7 15.5 5,348,728 5,431,871 5,575,784 5,665,432 1994 7 16.0 5,062,975 5,148,638 5,296,765 5,388,957 1994 7 16.5 4,768,101 4,856,587 5,009,411 5,104,430 1994 7 17.0 4,462,951 4,554,630 4,712,743 4,810,931 1994 7 17.5 4,146,076 4,241,416 4,405,558 4,507,339 1994 7 18.0 3,815,623 3,915,226 4,086,344 4,192,253 1994 7 18.5 3,469,145 3,573,817 3,753,154 3,863,887 1994 7 19.0 3,103,287 3,214,149 3,403,406 3,519,896 1994 7 19.5 2,713,208 2,831,908 3,033,526 3,157,084 1994 7 20.0 2,291,409 2,420,572 2,638,301 2,770,876 1994 7 20.5 1,824,960 1,969,302 2,209,523 2,354,272 1994 7 21.0 1,287,089 1,457,116 1,732,668 1,895,421 1994 7 21.5 593,575 828,663 1,176,149 1,370,620 1994 7 22.0 423,373 712,025