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Hubble Space Telescope image of SL-9 comet impacts on Jupiter
author: Nasa/Novapix
reference: a-jup02-70002
Image Size 300 DPI: 24 * 38 cm
This image of the giant planet Jupiter, by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveals the impact sites of fragments D and G from Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
The large feature was created by the impact of fragment G on July18, 1994 at 3:28 a.m. EDT. It entered Jupiter's atmosphere from the south at a 45-degree angle, and the resulting ejecta appears to have been thrown back along that direction. The smaller feature to the left of the fragment G impact site was created on July 17, 1994, at 7:45 a.m. EDT by the impact of fragment D. This image was taken 1 hour and 45 minutes after fragment G impacted the planet.
The large feature was created by the impact of fragment G on July18, 1994 at 3:28 a.m. EDT. It entered Jupiter's atmosphere from the south at a 45-degree angle, and the resulting ejecta appears to have been thrown back along that direction. The smaller feature to the left of the fragment G impact site was created on July 17, 1994, at 7:45 a.m. EDT by the impact of fragment D. This image was taken 1 hour and 45 minutes after fragment G impacted the planet.
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1994 - ASTRONOMY - COLLISION - COMET - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - IMPACT - JUPITER - PLANET - SHOEMAKER-LEVY 9 -
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