Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9,named after its co-discoverers, was often referredto as the "string of pearls" comet.It is famous for its suggestive appearance as well as it collision withthe planet Jupiter!The comet's original single nucleuswas torn to pieces by Jupiter's strong gravity during a close encounterwith the solar system's largest planet in 1992.The pieces are seen (scroll right) in this composite o HubbleSpace Telescope images tobe "pearls" strung out along the comet's orbital path.I July of 1994these pieces collided with Jupiter in rarean spectacular series of events.
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