Images: Jupiter Struck by an Asteroid in 2009
Department:
Jupiter
Teaser:
"Astronomers are saying that the spot on the Planet Jupiter was likely caused by an asteroid in July 2009."
Source:
SPACE.com Download time: Jan 27 2011 6:29 AM ET
A variety of images depict the spot on Jupiter likely caused by an asteroid, though a comet was initially suspected, in July 2009. It appeared similar to the impacts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy's fragments on Jupiter in 1994. This image shows the impact site as a yellow spot at center bottom, and was taken by the Gemini North telecope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, July 22, 2009.…
Also see the Gemini Observatory, NASA JPL, and ScienceDaily.com.
