List of Jupiter events
In recorded history, the planet Jupiter has experienced impact events and has been probed and photographed by several spacecraft.
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]
Impact
| Event | Date (UTC) | Rough original size (meters) |
Latitude (°) | Longitude (°) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2021 event[2] | 2021/09/13 18:39:30 | ? | -5.5 | 105.7 |
| Aug 2019 event[3] | 2019/08/07 04:07 | ? | −20 | ? |
| May 2017 event[4] | 2017/05/26 19:25 | 13 | +51.2 | ? |
| Mar 2016 event | 2016/03/17 00:18:33 | 15 | +4 | ? |
| Sep 2012 event[5] | 2012/09/10 11:35:00 | 30 | +2 | 345 |
| Aug 2010 event[5] | 2010/08/20 18:22:12 | 10 | +11 | ? |
| Jun 2010 Jupiter impact event | 2010/06/03 20:31:20 | 12 | −16.1 | 342.7 |
| Jul 2009 Jupiter impact event | 2009/07/19 13:30 | 300 | −57 | 305 |
| Jul 1994 Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 | 1994/07/16-22 | 1800 | −65 | ? |
Spacecraft entry
- Galileo spacecraft entry – September 21, 2003
- Galileo Probe entry – December 7, 1995
Spacecraft flybys
See also
References
- Dennis Overbye (24 July 2009). "Hubble Takes Snapshot of Jupiter's 'Black Eye'". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- King, Bob (14 September 2021). "Amateur Spots Possible New Impact Flash at Jupiter". Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- Mack, Eric. "Jupiter just got slammed by something so big we saw it from Earth". CNET. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
- Small impacts on the giant planet Jupiter
- A Fresh Impact on Jupiter
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