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Evolution of D/G Impact Sites on Jupiter (Jupiter , Shoemaker-Levy 9) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Evolution of D/G Impact Sites on Jupiter

September 29, 1994 · ESA/Hubble · Jupiter , Shoemaker-Levy 9

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This first image was taken about 90 minutes after the G impact on 18 July 1994. Nearly all of the structure in this image was created by the impact of fragment G, although a small dark spot to the left was the remainder of small fragment D that collided one day earlier.