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SL9



Credit : F. Colas, OMP/IMCCE/CNRS
Film of 35 seconds made ​​with the telescope 1m Pic du Midi 18 July 1994.


Opposite the fall of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter. The planet Jupiter is on the left. The fall of a first piece of comet left a bright spot at high latitudes. On the limb, we are witnessing the fall of a new piece that raises a huge amount of dust appearing bright images.

The two bright spots in the top and bottom right are the Galilean satellites.