The Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter
Subtitle: IAU Colloquium 156 (Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series)
Contributors: Keith S. Noll (Editor); Harold A. Weaver (Editor); Paul D. Feldman (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 26, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780521561921
Subjects: Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; Cosmology & the universe; Cosmology; Comets; Science; Science/Mathematics; Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet; Astronomy - General; Astronomy - Solar System; Astrophysics & Space Science; Science / Astronomy; Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet--Collision with Jupiter--Congresses; Collision with Jupiter; Congresses
First sentence: Two months after the discovery of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 came the astonishing announcement that the comet would impact Jupiter in July 1994.