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Comet Shoemaker-Levy
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy [¦käm·ət ¦shü‚māk·ər ′lē·vē]
(astronomy)
A comet that was torn apart by an encounter with Jupiter in 1992, and whose pieces collided with Jupiter over a period of a few days around July 22, 1994.
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A similar spot occurred on Jupiter in 1994 when the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into the planet.
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Sometimes, the comet breaks up and smashes into the planet, as was famously the case with Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, whose fragments smashed into Jupiter in 1994.
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The discovery comes 15 years after fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit the planet and created a memorable display of scars, waves and plumes.
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