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“Armageddon” on Jupiter – The Most Spectacular Collision that Humans Ever Witnessed
Friday, August 2, 2013 12:24
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“This is the first collision of two solar system bodies ever to be observed, and the effects of the comet impacts on Jupiter’s atmosphere have been simply spectacular and beyond expectations,” NASA wrote on a website describing the comet. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 experienced one of the most spectacular ends that humans ever witnessed. Several months after its discovery, pieces of the comet smashed into the planet Jupiter.
The collision produced scars that were visible from Earth in small telescopes.
From July 16 through July 22, 1994, pieces of an object designated as Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. This is the first collision of two solar system bodies ever to be observed, and the effects of the comet impacts on Jupiter’s atmosphere have been simply spectacular and beyond expectations. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 consisted of at least 21 discernable fragments with diameters estimated at up to 2 kilometers. NASA/JPL
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Jupiter vacuumed up the pieces of the disrupted comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1994, but the impacts were a reminder of the danger faced by Earth.
Credit: JPL/NASA/STSc
The comet, which struck Jupiter in 1994, brought the dangers of asteroid and comet collisions with Earth to the public fore. In the late 1990s,
Hollywood unleashed two blockbuster films – “Armageddon” and “Deep Impact” – on the theme of large objects threatening Earth.
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