July 22nd Traditional Cache

OTD - 22:7 

Perhaps you want a smiley for every day of the year or maybe a birthday smiley. For whatever reason these 12 mini monthly power trails are here to be found. Most are easily located, with an occasional sneaky one in the mix, sat lock can be difficult in some areas.

Here are some facts for this day. You are welcome to log your interesting, quirky or fun fact/s with your log.

On This Day - July 22nd 1994

 The last piece of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet hits Jupiter. 

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was a comet which collided with Jupiter in 1994, providing the first direct observation of the collision of two solar system objects. The Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet was discovered by astronomers Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy. It was located on the night of 24 March 1993 in a photograph taken with the 0.4-metre Schmidt telescope at the Mount Palomar Observatory in California. Unlike all other comets discovered before then, it was orbiting Jupiter rather than the Sun.

Between 16 July and 22 July 1994, twenty-three fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with the planet Jupiter. July 22 saw the 23rd piece hit Jupiter. Observatories around the world captured the images.