16 Jul
2012
16 Jul
'12
10:34 a.m.
18 years? Holy cow how time flies, even if you aren't having fun huh? Lol Jupiter- now there's a place to go meteorite hunting!? :-) -Barrett -----Original Message----- Subject: [Utah-astronomy] 18 years ago tonight ...the first fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacted Jupiter. I'll never forget those views. For weeks (even months!) the upper-atmosphere scars remained visible in small telescopes. I remember just being absolutely floored at what I saw in the eyepiece.