Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
This image shows the "gang of four' region of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 roughly 12 months before its impact with Jupiter.
Credit:NASA & ESA
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | opo9443g |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 29 September 1994, 05:00 |
| Size: | 2820 x 924 px |
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 |