Follow-up Studies on June 3rd Jupiter Impact

Poor Jupiter just can't seem to catch a break. Ever since 1994, when our largest planet was hit by Comet Shoemaker-Levy, detections of impacts on Jupiter have occurred with increasing regularity. Most recently, an impact was witnessed on August 20. On June 3rd of 2010, (coincidentally the same day pictures from Hubble were released from [...]

Color image of impact on Jupiter on June 3, 2010. Credit: Anthony WesleyPoor Jupiter just can't seem to catch a break. Ever since 1994, when our largest planet was hit by Comet Shoemaker-Levy, detections of impacts on Jupiter have occurred with increasing regularity. Most recently, an impact was witnessed on August 20. On June 3rd of 2010, (coincidentally the same day pictures from Hubble were released from a 2009 impact) Jupiter was hit yet again. Shortly after the June 3rd impact, several other telescopes joined the observing.A paper to appear in the October issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters discusses the science that has been gained from these observations.(...)Read the rest of Follow-up Studies on June 3rd Jupiter Impact (432 words)© jvois for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment |
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