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Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive:comet Collision With Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th
Comet collision with Jupiter with lots of pictures and some text. Links to the information about the comet, the impacts, and observations made by four different spacecraft.
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Handout
Cornell University

Cornell University: Astronomy: Impact of Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 With Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th
Images and data from the Hale Telescope of the collision of Jupiter and Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Some of the most excellent ground-based observations of the impact.
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NASA

Nasa: Latest Conclusions of the Comet Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA allows one to read the reports by scientists of what we learned from observing the giant collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. Some are very technical, others for general audiences.
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Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Top 20 Comet Shoemaker Levy Images

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides the most popular images at the JPL Comet Shoemaker-Levy home page during the month of July 1994, when the comet was impacting Jupiter.
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Hubble Observations Shed Light on Jupiter Impact

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists continue to learn from their observations long after the largest collision in history was recorded. Was Comet SL-9 actually an asteroid? What were the dark impact clouds made of? What were the effects on Jupiter's magnetic field?
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 Collision With Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides information on the Shoemaker-Levy collision which, even though the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter happened in 1994, it continues to make news. Read the latest information related to the...
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Website
Other

S F Austin State University /Jupiter Comet Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent links to books, images, videos, and articles about the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. Also links to a short page about Gene Shoemaker, one of the team who discovered the comet.
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NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day:collision at Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th
What happens when a snowball hits a huge ball of gas? When Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 hit Jupiter, it was swallowed up in the atmosphere, leaving huge temporary impact scars. Here is an image that shows the large dark marks and how they...
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Space Telescope Science Institute

Hubblesite: Observations Shed Light on Jupiter Collision

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Hubblesite of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides basic information and photographs of the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. A good site to check out on the subject.