UNIVERSE
METEORITES
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Question
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True
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False-Cathy and Eugene Shoemaker discovered the Shomaker-Levy comet in 1993.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shoemaker was a world-renowned astronomer who discovered or co-discovered 377 asteroids/numbered minor planets and 32 comets, including the co-discovery of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 which broke apart and crashed into Jupiter in 1994.
Detailed explanation-2: -From July 16 to 22, 1994, enormous pieces of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9), discovered just a year prior, crashed into Jupiter over several days, creating huge, dark scars in the planet’s atmosphere and lofting superheated plumes into its stratosphere.
Detailed explanation-3: -Or would the comet fragments disappear without a trace? In July 1994, astronomers around the world watched with bated breath as the fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into the planet Jupiter.