esahubble_opo9444c September 29th, 1994
Credit: NASA & ESA
This image shows the aftermath of cometP/Shoemaker-Levy 9's impact with Jupiter.The impact sites of fragments C, A and E are visible on the southern hemisphere, from left to right and this image was taken about 12, 23, and 4 hours after each collision. Jupiter's satellite 10 is seen crossing above the center of the disk, and the famous Great Red Spot is near the eastern limb.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9444c/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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