Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu was captured as a temporary moon of Jupiter in the mid-20th century and remained trapped in an irregular orbit for about twelve years. Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu was ...

Composite images of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 orbiting Jupiter in 1994. In 1993, three sky watchers — Carolyn and Gene Shoemaker and David Levy — discovered a comet orbiting Jupiter. In their honor, it ...

A shattered comet _ some of its pieces perhaps 2 or 3 miles in diameter _ is racing toward a July collision with the planet Jupiter. The collision will mark the first time that astronomers have ...

On July 19, 15 years after the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet slammed into Jupiter, Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley noticed a dark spot near the planet’s south pole that resembled marks he had ...

Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu was captured as a temporary moon of Jupiter in the mid-20th century and remained trapped in an irregular orbit for about twelve years. There are only a handful of known ...