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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BandTele-scope
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