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PIA01263: Jupiter G Impact Evolution
This mosaic of WFPC-2 images shows the evolution of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 G impact site on Jupiter. The images were captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
 Target Name:  Jupiter
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Hubble Space Telescope 
 Instrument:  WFPC2 
 Product Size:  750 x 700 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Space Telescope Science Institute 
 Producer ID:  STSCI-PRC95-15  
 Addition Date:  1998-05-02 
 Primary Data Set:  Space Telescope Science Institute 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA01263.tif (752.8 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA01263.jpg (31.92 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This mosaic of WFPC-2 images shows the evolution of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 G impact site on Jupiter. The images from lower left to upper right show: the impact plume at 07/18/94 07:38 UT (about 5 minutes after the impact); the fresh impact site at 07/18/94 at 09:19 UT (1.5 hours after impact); the impact site after evolution by the winds of Jupiter (left), along with the L impact (right), taken on 07/21/94 at 6:22 UT (3 days after the G impact and 1.3 days after the L impact); and further evolution of the G and L sites due to winds and an additional impact (S) in the G vicinity, taken on 07/23/94 at 08:08 UT (5 days after the G impact).

This image and other images and data received from the Hubble Space Telescope are posted on the World Wide Web on the Space Telescope Science Institute home page at URL http://oposite.stsci.edu/.

Image Credit:
JPL/NASA/STScI

Image Addition Date:
1998-05-02