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Shoemaker Levy 9 broke into at least 21 fragments (up to 2 kilometers, or over 1 mile, in...

Shoemaker Levy 9 broke into at least 21 fragments (up to 2 kilometers, or over 1 mile, in diameter) before hitting Jupiter in July 1994. Examine the image indicating surface changes associated with one of those impacts. Explain why those scars are so large (some are larger than the diameter of Earth) when the fragments were small compared to Jupiter.

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