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Jupiter Comet Impact
- Object NameObject NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.Jupiter, Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Release DateSeptember 29, 1994
- Science ReleaseMonth Long Evolution of the D/G Jupiter Impact Sites from Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
- CreditScience Release Credit: H. Hammel, MIT and NASA
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The D/G Jupiter Impact Sites from Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
This series of snapshots, taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows evolution of the comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact region called the D/G complex. This feature was produced by two nuclei of comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 that collided with Jupiter on 17 and 18 July 1994,...
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