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List of Jupiter events

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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.[1]

In recorded history, the planet Jupiter has experienced impact events and has been probed and photographed by several spacecraft.

Impact

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Notable Jupiter impact events
Event Date (UTC) Rough original
size (meters)
Latitude (°) Longitude (°) Discoverer(s)
Aug 2023 event[2] 2023/08/28 16:45 ? ? ? ?
Oct 2021 event[3][4] 2021/10/15 13:24 ? +20 201 Ko Arimatsu
Sep 2021 event[5] 2021/09/13 22:39:30 ? −5.5 105.7 José Luis Pereira
Apr 2020 event[6] 2020/04/10 1-4 ? ? Juno team
Aug 2019 event[7] 2019/08/07 04:07 ? ? ? Ethan Chappel
May 2017 event[8][9] 2017/05/26 19:25 12 +51 ? Sauveur Pedranghelu
Mar 2016 event[8][10] 2016/03/17 00:18:33 15 ? ? John McKeon
Sep 2012 event[8][11] 2012/09/10 11:35:00 30 +2 345 Dan Peterson
Aug 2010 event[8][12] 2010/08/20 18:22:12 10 +11 ? Masayuki Tachikawa
Aoki Kazuo
Jun 2010 Jupiter impact event[13] 2010/06/03 20:31:20 13 ? ? Anthony Wesley
Jul 2009 Jupiter impact event[14] 2009/07/19 13:30 200–500 −57 55 Anthony Wesley
Jul 1994 Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9[15] 1994/07/16 20:13:16 –
1994/07/22 08:06:16
1800 varies for each fragment varies for each fragment Carolyn Shoemaker
Eugene Shoemaker
David Levy
Mar 1979 event[16] 1979/03/05 17:45:24 ? ? ? Voyager team

Spacecraft entry

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  • Galileo spacecraft entry – September 21, 2003
  • Galileo probe entry – December 7, 1995

Spacecraft orbit

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Spacecraft flybys

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References

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  1. ^ Dennis Overbye (24 July 2009). "Hubble Takes Snapshot of Jupiter's 'Black Eye'". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  2. ^ Jones, Andrew (31 August 2023). "Amateur astronomers spot new impact on Jupiter". Space.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  3. ^ Bartels, Meghan (21 October 2021). "Jupiter hit by another space rock in rare views captured by Japanese skywatchers". Space.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  4. ^ King, Bob (18 October 2021). "Jupiter Whacked Again? Japanese Astronomers Record Possible Impact". Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  5. ^ King, Bob (14 September 2021). "Amateur Spots Possible New Impact Flash at Jupiter". Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  6. ^ Giles, Rohini S.; Greathouse, Thomas K.; Kammer, Joshua A.; Gladstone, G. Randall; Bonfond, Bertrand; Hue, Vincent; Grodent, Denis C.; Gérard, Jean-Claude; Versteeg, Maarten H.; Bolton, Scott J.; Connerney, John E. P.; Levin, Steven M. (8 February 2021). "Detection of a bolide in Jupiter's atmosphere with Juno UVS". Geophysical Research Letters. 48 (5): e91797. arXiv:2102.04511. Bibcode:2021GeoRL..4891797G. doi:10.1029/2020GL091797. S2CID 231855339.
  7. ^ Mack, Eric. "Jupiter just got slammed by something so big we saw it from Earth". CNET. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  8. ^ a b c d R. Hueso; M. Delcroix; A. Sánchez-Lavega; S. Pedranghelu; G. Kernbauer; J. McKeon; A. Fleckstein; A. Wesley; J.M. Gómez-Forrellad; J.F. Rojas; J. Juaristi (2018). "Small impacts on the giant planet Jupiter". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 309: 277–296. arXiv:1804.03006. Bibcode:2018Icar..309..277B. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2018.03.012. S2CID 119397579.
  9. ^ King, Bob (28 May 2017). "New Impact Flash Seen on Jupiter". Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  10. ^ Malik, Tariq (29 March 2016). "Jupiter Just Got Hit by a Comet or Asteroid ... Again (Video)". Space.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  11. ^ Malik, Tariq (11 September 2012). "Explosion on Jupiter Spotted by Amateur Astronomers". Space.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  12. ^ Shiga, David. "Jupiter attacked for third time in 13 months". New Scientist. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  13. ^ Hueso, R.; Wesley, A.; Go, C.; Pérez-Hoyos, S.; Wong, M. H.; Fletcher, L. N.; Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Boslough, M. B. E.; de Pater, I.; Orton, G. S.; Simon-Miller, A. A.; Djorgovski, S. G.; Edwards, M. L.; Hammel, H. B.; Clarke, J. T.; Noll, K. S.; Yanamandra-Fisher, P. A. (1 October 2010). "First Earth-Based Detection of a Superbolide on Jupiter". The Astrophysical Journal. 721 (2): L129–L133. arXiv:1009.1824. Bibcode:2010ApJ...721L.129H. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/721/2/L129. S2CID 37619282.
  14. ^ "Impact mark on Jupiter, 19th July 2009". jupiter.samba.org. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Comet Crash Impact Times Request". www2.jpl.nasa.gov. NASA JPL. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  16. ^ Cook, A.F.; Duxbury, T.C. (1981). "A Fireball in Jupiter's Atmosphere". J. Geophys. Res. 86 (A10): 8815–8817. Bibcode:1981JGR....86.8815C. doi:10.1029/JA086iA10p08815.

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