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UV Image of Multiple Impact Zones


Depicts: Jupiter, Shoemaker-Levy 9
Copyright: Hubble Space Telescope Comet Team and NASA

Ultraviolet image of Jupiter taken by the Wide Field Camera of the Hubble Space Telescope. The image shows Jupiter's atmosphere at a wavelength of 2550 Angstroms after many impacts by fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
22-Jan-2026 23:07 UT

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