Jupiter Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact Frame D: August 24, 1994

stsci_1994-46e July 23rd, 1994

Credit: H. Hammel, MIT and NASA

The structure seen in earlier views has disappeared rapidly in image 24 August Almost all of the changes between the images are due to Jupiter's east-weat winds that play a key role in the dispersing of the dark material.

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Image Type: Planetary
Object Name: Jupiter • Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
Subject - Solar System: Planet > Type > Gas Giant; Interplanetary Body > Comet

Distance

0 ly

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 56m 52.5s; DEC = -12° 11’ 50.1”
Constellation: Cetus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Ultraviolet (U)	255.0 nm

ID: 1994-46e
Subject Category: A.1.1.2 A.2.2
Subject Name: Jupiter, Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
Credits: H. Hammel, MIT and NASA

Release Date: 1994-07-23T00:00:00
Lightyears: 9.03e-5
Redshift: 9.03e-5
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1994/news-1994-46

Type: Planetary
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance from Earth in miles: 531000000

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Ultraviolet
Bandpass: U
Central Wavelength: 255

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 14.2187417, -12.1972611
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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1994/38, http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1994/31

Metadata Date: 2022-09-07
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