July 8, 1992: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 breaks up
In July 1992, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 made its closest approach to Jupiter, skimming 25,000 miles (40,000 km) above Jupiter’s cloud tops. That put Shoemaker-Levy 9 within the gas giant’s Roche limit…
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space.com·11d agoJapan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft to attempt record-close asteroid flyby on July 5
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space.com·11d ago
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