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The comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is destroyed in a head-on collision with Jupiter.
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Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
Comet that collided with Jupiter
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 was a comet that broke apart in July 1992 and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects. This generated a large amount of coverage in the popular media, and the comet…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Jupiter
Fifth planet from the Sun
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined and slightly less than one-thousandth the mass of the Sun. Its diameter is 11 times that of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
July 16
Day of the year
July 16 is the 197th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 168 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)