Jupiter: Shoemaker-Levy 9G impact site PIA01263
This mosaic of WFPC-2 images shows the evolution of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 G impact site on Jupiter.
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Image Credit: R. Evans, J. Trauger, H. Hammel and the HST Comet Science Team and NASA.  

This mosaic of WFPC-2 images shows the evolution of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 G impact site on Jupiter.
The images from lower left to upper right show:

1. the impact plume at 07/18/94 07:38 UT (about 5 minutes after the impact);

2. the fresh impact site at 07/18/94 at 09:19 UT (1.5 hours after impact);

3. the impact site after evolution by the winds of Jupiter (left), along with the L impact (right), taken on 07/21/94 at 6:22 UT (3 days after the G impact and 1.3 days after the L impact);

4. and further evolution of the G and L sites due to winds and an additional impact (S) in the G vicinity, taken on 07/23/94 at 08:08 UT (5 days after the G impact).
 
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