Comet Shoemaker-Levy/Jupiter collision. Infrared image made at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) showing the aftermath of the impacts of fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter in 1994. In this false-colour image,the Great Red Spot appears pale blue (lower left of centre),and the poles as pink. The site of Impact A (19.54 GMT,16 July) is the large pink spot seen to the left of the south polar region. The site of Impact D (11.42 GMT,17 July) is the tiny pink spot seen just upper right of the south polar region. This image was taken using the CTIO 4- metre telescope at 02.06-02.18 GMT,18 July 1994 | |
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