Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
The "gang of four" comet fragments, belonging to the P-group of Shoemaker-Levy 9, en route to its collision with Jupiter.
Credit:NASA & ESA
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Shoemaker-Levy 9 |
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| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet |
| Category: | Solar System |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
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| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope |