Hubble image of the scar taken on 23 July 2009 during the 2009 Jupiter impact event, showing a blemish of about 8,000 kilometres long.
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In recorded history, the planet Jupiter has experienced impact events and has been probed and photographed by several spacecraft.
Impact
- Main page: Astronomy:Impact events on Jupiter
Notable Jupiter impact events
Event
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Date (UTC)
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Rough original size (meters)
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Latitude (°)
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Longitude (°)
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Discoverer(s)
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Aug 2023 event[2]
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2023/08/28 16:45
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?
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?
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?
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?
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Oct 2021 event[3][4]
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2021/10/15 13:24
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?
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+20
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201
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Ko Arimatsu
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Sep 2021 event[5]
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2021/09/13 22:39:30
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?
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−5.5
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105.7
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José Luis Pereira
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Apr 2020 event[6]
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2020/04/10
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1-4
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?
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?
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Juno team
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Aug 2019 event[7]
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2019/08/07 04:07
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?
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?
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?
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Ethan Chappel
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May 2017 event[8][9]
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2017/05/26 19:25
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12
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+51
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?
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Sauveur Pedranghelu
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Mar 2016 event[8][10]
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2016/03/17 00:18:33
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15
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?
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?
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John McKeon
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Sep 2012 event[8][11]
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2012/09/10 11:35:00
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30
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+2
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345
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Dan Peterson
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Aug 2010 event[8][12]
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2010/08/20 18:22:12
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10
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+11
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?
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Masayuki Tachikawa Aoki Kazuo
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Jun 2010 Jupiter impact event[13]
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2010/06/03 20:31:20
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13
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?
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?
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Anthony Wesley
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Jul 2009 Jupiter impact event[14]
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2009/07/19 13:30
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200–500
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−57
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55
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Anthony Wesley
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Jul 1994 Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9[15]
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1994/07/16 20:13:16 – 1994/07/22 08:06:16
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1800
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varies for each fragment
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varies for each fragment
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Carolyn Shoemaker Eugene Shoemaker David Levy
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Mar 1979 event[16]
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1979/03/05 17:45:24
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?
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?
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?
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Voyager team
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Spacecraft entry
- Galileo spacecraft entry – September 21, 2003
- Galileo probe entry – December 7, 1995
Spacecraft orbit
Spacecraft flybys
References
- ↑ Dennis Overbye (24 July 2009). "Hubble Takes Snapshot of Jupiter's 'Black Eye'". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/science/space/25hubble.html?ref=science. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ↑ Jones, Andrew (31 August 2023). "Amateur astronomers spot new impact on Jupiter" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/amateur-astronomers-jupiter-cosmic-collision.
- ↑ Bartels, Meghan (21 October 2021). "Jupiter hit by another space rock in rare views captured by Japanese skywatchers" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/jupiter-impact-flash-october-2021-photo-video.
- ↑ King, Bob (18 October 2021). "Jupiter Whacked Again? Japanese Astronomers Record Possible Impact". Sky & Telescope. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/jupiter-whacked-again-japanese-astronomers-record-possible-impact/.
- ↑ King, Bob (14 September 2021). "Amateur Spots Possible New Impact Flash at Jupiter". Sky & Telescope. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/amateur-spots-possible-new-impact-flash-at-jupiter/.
- ↑ Giles, Rohini S.; Greathouse, Thomas K.; Kammer, Joshua A.; Gladstone, G. Randall; Bonfond, Bertrand; Hue, Vincent; Grodent, Denis C.; Gérard, Jean-Claude et al. (8 February 2021). "Detection of a bolide in Jupiter's atmosphere with Juno UVS". Geophysical Research Letters 48 (5): e91797. doi:10.1029/2020GL091797. Bibcode: 2021GeoRL..4891797G.
- ↑ Mack, Eric. "Jupiter just got slammed by something so big we saw it from Earth" (in en). https://www.cnet.com/news/jupiter-just-got-slammed-by-something-so-big-we-saw-it-from-earth/.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 R. Hueso; M. Delcroix; A. Sánchez-Lavega; S. Pedranghelu; G. Kernbauer; J. McKeon; A. Fleckstein; A. Wesley et al. (2018). "Small impacts on the giant planet Jupiter". Astronomy & Astrophysics 309: 277–296. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2018.03.012. Bibcode: 2018Icar..309..277B.
- ↑ King, Bob (28 May 2017). "New Impact Flash Seen on Jupiter". Sky & Telescope. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/new-impact-flash-seen-at-jupiter/.
- ↑ Malik, Tariq (29 March 2016). "Jupiter Just Got Hit by a Comet or Asteroid ... Again (Video)" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/32411-jupiter-hit-by-comet-asteroid-video.html.
- ↑ Malik, Tariq (11 September 2012). "Explosion on Jupiter Spotted by Amateur Astronomers" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/17534-jupiter-impact-explosion-amateur-astronomers.html.
- ↑ Shiga, David. "Jupiter attacked for third time in 13 months". New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19354-jupiter-attacked-for-third-time-in-13-months/.
- ↑ Hueso, R.; Wesley, A.; Go, C.; Pérez-Hoyos, S.; Wong, M. H.; Fletcher, L. N.; Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Boslough, M. B. E. et al. (1 October 2010). "First Earth-Based Detection of a Superbolide on Jupiter". The Astrophysical Journal 721 (2): L129–L133. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/721/2/L129. Bibcode: 2010ApJ...721L.129H. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101029-100056391.
- ↑ "Impact mark on Jupiter, 19th July 2009". https://jupiter.samba.org/jupiter-impact.html.
- ↑ "Comet Crash Impact Times Request". NASA JPL. https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/impacts4.html.
- ↑ Cook, A.F.; Duxbury, T.C. (1981). "A Fireball in Jupiter's Atmosphere". J. Geophys. Res. 86 (A10): 8815–8817. doi:10.1029/JA086iA10p08815. Bibcode: 1981JGR....86.8815C. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981JGR....86.8815C.
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