Jupiter Impact
This mid-infrared composite image was obtained with the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, on 22 July at ~13:30 UT with the MICHELLE mid-infrared spectrograph/imager. The impact site is the bright yellow spot at the center bottom of Jupiter's disk. The image was constructed from two images: one at 8.7 micron (blue) and one at 9.7 micron (yellow). The excellent quality of the Gemini images reveals that the morphology of this new impact bears a striking resemblance to that of the larger impact sites seen after the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter in 1994.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory
About the Image
Id: | gemini1009e |
Type: | Planetary |
Release date: | July 23, 2009, 8 p.m. |
Related releases: | gemini1009, gemini0903 |
Size: | 1152 x 987 px |
About the Object
Name: | Jupiter |
Category: | Solar System |
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Band | Tele-scope |
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Gemini North Michelle |