Impact A Site
A natural colour Hubble Space Telescope view of the full disk of the giant planet Jupiter shows numerous comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact sites as seen on July 22, 1994. The A impact site is on the lower left limb. From left to right the features are: the A site; the E-F complex near the white oval southwest of the Red Spot; the dispersing H site to the southeast of the Red Spot; and the site of Q, near the eastern edge. Comet fragment A impacted on July 16, E and F on July 17, H on July 18 and Q on July 20. The image was taken with the Wide Field & Planetary Camera-2 (WFPC2) in wide-field mode.
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About the Image
NASA press release
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| Id: | opo9437a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 23 July 1994, 06:00 |
| Size: | 440 x 440 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Jupiter, Shoemaker-Levy 9 |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet : Type : Gas Giant • Solar System : Planet : Feature : Surface : Impact |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
