Shoemaker-Levy 9

Shoemaker-Levy 9
Habitat	Beyond
Type	Celestial Body Comet
Generator Stats
Base Cost	Stardust 2.72e28
Base Production	Stardust 1.95e25
Base Charge Time	34 s
Traits
Speed	Jupiter Collision
Payout	Scarred Red Spot
Chronology
Previous	Pluto
Next	Halley's Comet

Shoemaker-Levy 9 is the 22nd Celestial Body and the 1st Comet obtained in the Beyond (Rank 10), which can generate Stardust Stardust.

Description

"Discovered circling Jupiter in 1993, Shoemaker—Levy 9 was the first comet to be observed orbiting a planet. When it collided with Jupiter in 1994, it became the first comet ever to be observed crashing into a planet's surface."

Traits

The rare traits matching this generators type are: Comets . Shoemaker-Levy 9 is also affected by the epic traits: Speed of Light , Cosmic Gravity , Goldilocks Zone . It is also affected by the constellations: Scorpio,Virgo, as well as by the generator rank.

Icon	Name	Description	Requires
	Jupiter Collision	After being pulled into orbit of Jupiter, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 broke apart in 1992 and collided with the gas giant in 1994. This was the first time humans were able to observe an extraterrestrial collision.	Rank 10
	Scarred Red Spot	When Shoemaker–Levy 9 crashed into the surface of Jupiter, it left marks. Scars were visible on the planet for months after the impact, especially in the Great Red Spot where much of the debris landed.	Rank 11

Achievements

Icon	Name	Description	Requires
	Carolyn's Comets	Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker, two of the three discoverers of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, were a married couple who were both astronomers. Carolyn once held the record for the most comets discovered by an individual.	Shoemaker-Levy 9 Rank 5
	Cleaning House	Jupiter is what some astronomers call a “cosmic vacuum cleaner.” Its rate of impacts from comets like Shoemaker–Levy 9 and other objects caught in its immense gravity is up to 8,000 times that of Earth.	Shoemaker-Levy 9 Rank 8

Trivia

A red light image of Shoemaker–Levy 9 taken in 1994 by the Hubble Space Telescope

Impact sites of some cometary fragments on Jupiter in 1994. Imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope

Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (cometary designation: D/1993 F2) broke apart into 21 fragments due to a close encounter with Jupiter in 1992.

Sources

• Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 — Real images taken
• Orbit Viewer (NASA) — List of fragments screenshoted