Comet Shoemaker-levy And Jupiter
by Nasa/gsfc-svs/science Photo Library
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Comet Shoemaker-levy And Jupiter
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Nasa/gsfc-svs/science Photo Library
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9) and Jupiter, diagram. Due to a previous close approach to Jupiter, SL9 had broken up into a mass of cometary fragments travelling in the same orbit. Twenty-three such fragments are here labelled a to w, heading towards Jupiter (upper left). The impacts took place in July 1994, over a period of 6 days. The impacts were the first such observed by humans, and were studied for evidence as to the composition of Jupiter's atmosphere.
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October 4th, 2018
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