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Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter

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This image is an artist's rendition showing the collision of comet Fragment Q with Jupiter from the viewing perspective of Earth. The image is comprised of actual Jupiter images taken by Voyager 2 in 1979, and were applied to a sphere and rotated to the proper view.

This image is courtesy of Dave Seal and Paul Chodas of JPL.


Jupiter As Seen From Earth

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