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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact Sites on Jupiter

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact Sites on Jupiter
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Jupiter, Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
  • Release Date
    September 29, 1994
  • Science Release
    Jupiter’s Upper Atmospheric Winds Revealed in Ultraviolet Images by Hubble Telescope
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  • Credit
    Science Release Credit: J.T. Clarke, G.E. Ballester (University of Michigan), and J.T. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and NASA

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Jupiter's Upper Atmospheric Winds in Ultraviolet Light

Jupiter's Upper Atmospheric Winds in Ultraviolet Light

Top – Three impact sites appear as dark smudges lined up along Jupiter's southern hemisphere (from left to right, sites C, A, and E). This pair of images was obtained on 17 July, several hours after the E impact. These 3 impact sites appear strikingly darker in the...

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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact Sites on Jupiter

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Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
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claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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