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Hubble Telescope Image of the “String of Pearls Comet”
- Object NameObject NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Release DateOctober 18, 1993
- Science ReleaseHubble Investigates Comet on a Collision Course with Jupiter
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Claire Andreoli
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