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These images of the Fragment E collision with Jupiter were taken by the South Pole Infrared Explorer Telescope (SPIREX). SPIREX, built and operated by scientists at the University of Chicago, is funded by the National Science Foundation. The SPIREX team includes Mark Hereld, Hien Nguyen (at the South Pole), Bernard Rauscher and Scott Severson.
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