What happens when a comet collides with a gas giant? In July 1994, Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter in a spectacular ...

Comets can leave enough material for ... to have a fateful encounter with Jupiter. In July 1992, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (simply known as SL9) passed through Jupiter’s Roche Limit.

But radio, infrared, and ultraviolet measurements have revealed a whole zoo of carbon compounds in comets, some of which are essential building blocks in all known ... comet such as Shoemaker Levy ...