And so the science of celestial mechanics was born, allowing people to predict things like comets hitting Jupiter.

In 1994, bits of the comet Shoemaker Levy-9 hit Jupiter.

During the period July 16-22, all the large pieces will hit Jupiter, one at a time.

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke up, and the pieces hit Jupiter in 1994.

And some would undoubtedly hit Jupiter, Saturn, and the other planets-including Earth.

One of the original fragments of the comet, which had mysteriously disappeared earlier this year, was found yesterday, but only after it had hit Jupiter.

If any still-active fragment of that explosion should hit Jupiter, only a bare 665,000 miles away now, that.

It was discovered that they would all hit Jupiter.

Some of the last of the 21 fragments expected to hit Jupiter apparently caused no effects visible from Earth.

With an asteroid impact, it's more like when Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter.