Transcription: In July 1992, the comet passed within 13,000 miles of Jupiter's cloud tops. It passed so close that Jupiter's tidal pole broke the comet into 22 pieces, looking like pearls on a string. Each fragment had its own tail, and the whole string had two large wings of dust on either end. It was not long before astronomers had figured out the path of the comet comet and its imminent demise.