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"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...
Dean Regas chats with astronomer David Levy, unpacking the discovery of the famous Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Listen in and find out how you can start chasing comets yourself.
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: In 1994, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter, providing astronomers with a rare opportunity to study the effects of a comet impact.
The Shoemaker’s and Levy co-discovered the comet. The emotional payoff of discovering a comet orbiting a planet was something Levy described as a “magic day,” which occurred on March 23, 1993.
Newmarket indie/alt rock band named after huge comet releases out-of-this-world new song, expert says Shoemaker Levee releases single from upcoming album ‘Between the Lines’.
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter in 1994, creating an explosion thousands of times more potent than Earth's nuclear arsenal.
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was likely captured by Jupiter two decades prior to its eventual disintegration and collision with the gas giant planet.
He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with his wife, which famously collided with Jupiter in 1994, creating spectacular fireballs and scars on the giant planet’s atmosphere.
His career included selecting and training Apollo astronauts in lunar geology and impact cratering, leading NASA's search for water at the lunar poles, and co-discovering Comet Shoemaker-Levy, the ...
Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the date that Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker began their ascendancy from well-known scientists to world-famous legends. They had long been cemented as leading ...
We’re told it’s not supposed to be as visible as the Comet NEOWISE in 2020. Rice concludes his note to us with a quote by David Levy, a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.