Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Features images from 1994 and 1995 of the Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL-9) collision with Jupiter, provided by the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Author: David H. Levy Publisher: Springer ISBN: 148996102X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 298
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Amateur astronomer and Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet co-discoverer David Levy recounts the story of the crash of the comet into the surface of Jupiter on July 16, 1994, and what the celestial impact taught scientists and the world.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Describes the Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collision with Jupiter that occurred during the Summer of 1994. Details the collision and provides images of the event and the comet, including shots of the comet's impact on the planet's surface. Contains photos of the cataclysm taken from several orbital vantage points, including aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Galileo, Ulysses, and Voyager 2 space probes. Offers links to the National Space Science Data Center's (NSSDC) Comet and Asteroid home page and the NSSDC Planetary home page.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Presents a collection of articles, press releases, and images about the Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 colliding with Jupiter, provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Notes that this is the first collision of two solar system bodies ever to be observed.
Author: Keith S. Noll Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521561922 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 392
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Sixteen chapters from international experts provide the standard reference on the event for graduate students and researchers in astronomy and planetary science.
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Jeff Foust provides access to images of the impact of comet Shoemaker Levy 9 (SL9) with Jupiter on July 16-22, 1994. Foust notes the source of each image and includes a description.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Presents information, images, animations, and other resources regarding the collision of fragments of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter, which took place on July 16-22, 1995. Includes FAQs, fact sheets, impact images, artists' renditions of the impact, and observation information. Features papers and progress reports. Links to the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) home page and other Shoemaker-Levy 9 WWW pages.
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Shortly after its optics were repaired, Hubble had the opportunity to observe the solar system event of the century: the collision of a string of comets with Jupiter in 1994. Examine Hubble's stunning image of the aftermath of this crash.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Presents a FAQ about the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. Includes general questions concerning Shoemaker and Levy, the effect of the collision, and TV coverage of the events. Highlights specific questions concerning whether collisions can be observed with radio telescopes, orbital parameters of the Comet, why the Comet broke apart, sizes of the fragments, and locations of images of the collision.
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