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UV Image of Multiple Impact Zones (Io , Jupiter , Shoemaker-Levy 9) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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UV Image of Multiple Impact Zones

July 23, 1994 · ESA/Hubble · Io , Jupiter , Shoemaker-Levy 9

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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.