List of Jupiter events

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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]

In recorded history, the planet Jupiter has experienced impact events and has been probed and photographed by several spacecraft.

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 orbit[]

Spacecraft flybys[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dennis Overbye (24 July 2009). "Hubble Takes Snapshot of Jupiter's 'Black Eye'". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  2. ^ King, Bob (14 September 2021). "Amateur Spots Possible New Impact Flash at Jupiter". Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. ^ Mack, Eric. "Jupiter just got slammed by something so big we saw it from Earth". CNET. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  4. ^ Small impacts on the giant planet Jupiter
  5. ^ a b A Fresh Impact on Jupiter
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