129P/Shoemaker–Levy

id: 129p-shoemaker-levy-172-6480854
title: 129P/Shoemaker–Levy
text: 129P/Shoemaker–Levy, also known as Shoemaker–Levy 3, is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It fits the definition of an Encke-type comet with, and is a quasi-Hilda comet. This comet should not be confused with Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, which spectacularly crashed into Jupiter in 1994. The nucleus of the comet is estimated to have a radius of 1.22 ± 0.1 km based on infrared imaging by the Spitzer Space Telescope.
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description: Periodic comet with 7 year orbit
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/129P/Shoemaker%E2%80%93Levy
date created: 2006-02-11T22:59:51Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T04:54:17Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Jupiter-Family_Comets_Johnson_and_Shoemaker-Levy_3.jpg","width":1600,"height":1600}
fields total: 13
integrity: 16

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