Comet impact on Jupiter. Hubble Space Telescope image sequence showing the aftermath of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's collision with Jupiter. The impact occurred on 18th July 1994. The images here were taken (from top to bottom) five minutes,two hours and several days after the collision. It is thought that the vast gravity of Jupiter sweeps up many comets and other solar system bodies,preventing most of them from reaching the inner solar system and Earth | |
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