What was Shoemaker-Levy 9?

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, SL9, D / 1993 F2 was a comet that collided with Jupiter at 4:15 on July 17, 1994. It was also the first time that people could directly observe the solar system. Celestial impact event. Beginning at 20:15 GMT on July 16, 1994 at a speed of 210,000 kilometers per hour, it gradually entered Jupiter's atmosphere and crashed into Jupiter's southern hemisphere, forming a astronomical wonder of a comet hitting Jupiter.

Shoemaker-Levy 9

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Through this incident, people can know more about Jupiter and its atmosphere, and Jupiter's role as the inner solar system's "scavenger" to clean up space trash with strong gravity.