Carolyn & Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet.
It was the first comet observed orbiting a planet rather than the sun. Orbital studies showed that the comet passed within Jupiter’s Roche limit in July 1992.
Carolyn & Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet.
It was the first comet observed orbiting a planet rather than the sun. Orbital studies showed that the comet passed within Jupiter’s Roche limit in July 1992.