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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Leaves Impact Sites on Jupiter

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Leaves 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
    July 18, 1994
  • Science Release
    Jupiter’s Comet Collision Sites As Seen in Visible and Ultraviolet Light
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  • Credit
    Science Release Credit: John Clarke, University of Michigan and NASA

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Jupiter's Comet Collision Sites As Seen in Visible and Ultraviolet Light

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This comparison of visible light (blue) and far-ultraviolet (FUV) images of Jupiter taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera-2 (WFPC-2) on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show how the appearance of the planet and of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact sites differ at these two...

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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Leaves Impact Sites on Jupiter

Shoemaker-Levy Daily Comet Update: July 18, 1994, 8:00 AM EDT (News Conference)

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Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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