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The Scar on Jupiter: Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Its Impact Into Jupiter 25 Years Later

— Paul Schenk and David Kring, Lunar and Planetary Institute

On March 24, 1993, in the midst of a photographic search for near-Earth objects at the fabled Palomar Observatory, Drs. Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and Dr. David Levy acquired an image in the vicinity of planet Jupiter using surplus film. This image surprised the observers when they first examined it. Expecting to find yet another […]