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Hubble Space Telescope images of SL-9 comet impacts on Jupiter
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- a-jup02-70003
- Date
- 2006-10-02
This mosaic of images shows the evolution of the G impact site on Jupiter. The images from lower left to upper right show: the impact plume at 07/18/9407:38 UT (about 5 minutes after the impact); the fresh impact site at 07/18/94 at 09:19 UT (1.5 hours after impact); the impact site after evolution by the winds ofJupiter (left), along with the L impact (right), taken on 07/21/94 at 06:22 UT (3 days after the G impact and 1.3 days after the L impact); and further evolution of the G and L sites due to winds and an additional impact (S) in the G vicinity, taken on 07/23/94 at 08:08 UT (5 days after the G impact).
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