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 Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:00 am Post subject: WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Approaching Impact at Jupiter |
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This composite is assembled from separate images of Jupiter and comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, as imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in 1994. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was discovered by astronomers Carolyn and Eugene M. Shoemaker and David Levy on 24 March 1993. It was the first comet observed to be orbiting a planet -- in this case, Jupiter -- rather than the sun. The effect of Jupiter's tidal forces tore the comet apart on its approach and, eventually, the fragments collided with Jupiter between 16 and 22 July 1994.
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