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Happy Independence Day, all!

The 15th anniversary of the SL-9 impacts on Jupiter approaches. Bravo, congratulations, and kudos to Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy! Eugene Shoemaker died later in the 1990s, as a result of an auto accident which also injured Carolyn.

Remnants of 1994 Comet Impact Leave Puzzle at Jupiter
by Robert Roy Britt
August 23 2004

From July 16 through July 22, 1994, more than 20 fragments of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with the gaseous planet, all coming in at about the same latitude, 45 degrees south. Fragments up to 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) sent plumes of hot gas into the Jovian atmosphere. Dark scars lasted for weeks.

Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9

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Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 (images)

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[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

S-L put on quite a show, and was IMHO the igniter of concerns about comet/meteor catastrophes. Combined with the Alvarez's theory about the K/T extinction it created concern in the general public previously limited to readers of science fiction.