Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (formally designated D/1993 F2) was a comet that broke apart in July 1992 and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the...
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Merle Shoemaker (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997) was an American geologist. He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn S. Shoemaker and...
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that Levy co-discovered include 118P/Shoemaker–Levy, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy, 135P/Shoemaker–Levy, 137P/Shoemaker–Levy, 138P/Shoemaker–Levy, 145P/Shoemaker–Levy...
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Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (June 24, 1929 – August 13, 2021) was an American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She discovered 32...
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138P/Shoemaker–Levy, also known as Shoemaker–Levy 7, is a faint periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet last came to perihelion on 11 June 2012,...
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moons and Amalthea. The spacecraft also witnessed the impact of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 when it collided with Jupiter in 1994. Some of the goals for the mission...
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are only loosely held together, such as a comet. For instance, comet Shoemaker–Levy 9's decaying orbit around Jupiter passed within its Roche limit in July...
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the sky and subsequently lost. One such Jupiter-family comet, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, approached close enough to Jupiter sometime between the late 1960s...
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118P/Shoemaker–Levy (also known as periodic comet Shoemaker–Levy 4) is a comet discovered by astronomers Carolyn and Eugene M. Shoemaker and David Levy. During...
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129P/Shoemaker–Levy, also known as Shoemaker–Levy 3, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It fits the definition of an Encke-type comet with (TJupiter...
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observed, the most significant of which was the collision of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1994. Jupiter is the most massive planet in the Solar System and...
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to have encountered the Earth since the Tunguska event. The Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 impact provided the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial...
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Ganymede. As it approached Jupiter, it also witnessed the impact of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. In December 1995, it sent an atmospheric probe into the Jovian atmosphere...
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"D/1993 F2 Shoemaker–Levy 9". Gary W. Kronk's Cometography. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2009. "Comet Shoemaker–Levy Background"...
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Heidi Hammel (section Shoemaker-Levy 9, Jupiter)
in 1989. She led the team using the Hubble Space Telescope to view Shoemaker-Levy 9's impact with Jupiter in 1994. She has used the Hubble Space Telescope...
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AD Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, a comet that crashed into planet Jupiter This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shoemaker. If an internal...
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Galileo project (section Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9)
asteroid moon, Dactyl, around 243 Ida. In 1994, Galileo observed Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9's collision with Jupiter. Jupiter's atmospheric composition and ammonia...
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SL-9 may refer to: Proton rocket, type 8K82, used from 1965-1966 Heckler & Koch SL8, a semi-automatic rifle Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 Schütte-Lanz SL.9 An...
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(606357) 2017 UV43 (section Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9)
planet follows an orbit similar to those of the fragments of comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. This minor planet was numbered (606357) by the Minor Planet Center...
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Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 to Jupiter in July 1994 created a greater perception of importance to the detection of near Earth objects. As David Levy stated...
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Shoemaker (1931–2003), American jockey Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929–2021), astronomer and co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Charles F. Shoemaker (1841–1913)...
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atmosphere are thought to originate from impacting comets, such as Shoemaker-Levy 9. The water cannot come from the troposphere because the cold tropopause...
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"Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Long Term Health Effects". K1 project. August 9, 2012. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2021...
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1994, originally broadcast ahead of the predicted impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with the planet Jupiter in July that same year. "Severance" was used...
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K–Pg boundary. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bolide. Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 § Impacts – Comet that collided with Jupiter Earth-grazing fireball –...
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communicate news about a fast-breaking event, the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter. From 1999 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the...
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1994, originally broadcast ahead of the predicted impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with the planet Jupiter in July that same year. British magazine Fact...
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181P and 192P are known as Comet Shoemaker–Levy 6 and Comet Shoemaker–Levy 1, respectively. Non-periodic Shoemaker–Levy comets are interleaved in this sequence:...
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as part of the CANDELS/GOODS-North surveys. The collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in 1994 was fortuitously timed for astronomers, coming...
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human habitation beyond it. The book was published the same year comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter, an event Sagan uses to highlight the danger Earth...
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