Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9) and Jupiter,diagram. Due to a previous close approach to Jupiter,SL9 had broken up into a mass of cometary fragments travelling in the same orbit. Twenty-three such fragments are here labelled a to w,heading towards Jupiter (upper left). The impacts took place in July 1994,over a period of 6 days. The impacts were the first such observed by humans,and were studied for evidence as to the composition of Jupiter's atmosphere | |
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