Impact events on Jupiter
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impact-events-on-jupiter-173-15504218
title:
Impact events on Jupiter
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In modern times, numerous impact events on Jupiter have been observed, the most significant of which was the collision of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1994. Jupiter is the most massive planet in the Solar System and thus has a vast sphere of gravitational influence, the region of space where an asteroid capture can take place under favorable conditions. Jupiter is often able to capture comets that orbit the Sun; such comets enter unstable orbits around the planet that are highly elliptical and pert
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Modern observed impacts on Jupiter
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_events_on_Jupiter
date created:
2021-08-28T08:31:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T15:29:29Z
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