Shoemaker-Levy 9

esahubble_opo9443f September 29th, 1994

Credit: Dr. H. A. Weaver, Mr. T. E. Smith, and Mr. K. B. Jones (STScI), and NASA

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the P-Q complex, also called the "gang of four' region, of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9. It was taken on 4 July 1994 with the WFPC2.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9443f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Shoemaker-Levy 9
Subject - Solar System: Interplanetary Body > Comet

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (None)	Optical	-

ID: opo9443f
Subject Category: A.2.2
Subject Name: Shoemaker-Levy 9
Credits: Dr. H. A. Weaver, Mr. T. E. Smith, and Mr. K. B. Jones (STScI), and NASA

Release Date: 1994-09-29T05:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9443f/

Type: Observation
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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: None
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9443f

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9443f.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:42:31+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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