Astronomy: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

Main article: Astronomy:Impact events on Jupiter
Notable Jupiter impact events
Event Date (UTC) Rough original
size (meters) 		Latitude (°) Longitude (°) Discoverer(s)
Aug 2023 event[2] 2023/08/28 16:45 ? ? ? ?
Oct 2021 event[3][4] 2021/10/15 13:24 ? +20 201 Ko Arimatsu
Sep 2021 event[5] 2021/09/13 22:39:30 ? −5.5 105.7 José Luis Pereira
Apr 2020 event[6] 2020/04/10 1-4 ? ? Juno team
Aug 2019 event[7] 2019/08/07 04:07 ? ? ? Ethan Chappel
May 2017 event[8][9] 2017/05/26 19:25 12 +51 ? Sauveur Pedranghelu
Mar 2016 event[8][10] 2016/03/17 00:18:33 15 ? ? John McKeon
Sep 2012 event[8][11] 2012/09/10 11:35:00 30 +2 345 Dan Peterson
Aug 2010 event[8][12] 2010/08/20 18:22:12 10 +11 ? Masayuki Tachikawa
Aoki Kazuo
Jun 2010 Jupiter impact event[13] 2010/06/03 20:31:20 13 ? ? Anthony Wesley
Jul 2009 Jupiter impact event[14] 2009/07/19 13:30 200–500 −57 55 Anthony Wesley
Jul 1994 Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9[15] 1994/07/16 20:13:16 –
1994/07/22 08:06:16 		1800 varies for each fragment varies for each fragment Carolyn Shoemaker
Eugene Shoemaker
David Levy
Mar 1979 event[16] 1979/03/05 17:45:24 ? ? ? Voyager team

Spacecraft entry

  • Galileo spacecraft entry – September 21, 2003
  • Galileo probe entry – December 7, 1995

Spacecraft orbit

Spacecraft flybys

References

  1. ↑ Dennis Overbye (24 July 2009). "Hubble Takes Snapshot of Jupiter's 'Black Eye'". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/science/space/25hubble.html?ref=science. Retrieved 6 June 2010. 
  2. ↑ Jones, Andrew (31 August 2023). "Amateur astronomers spot new impact on Jupiter" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/amateur-astronomers-jupiter-cosmic-collision. 
  3. ↑ Bartels, Meghan (21 October 2021). "Jupiter hit by another space rock in rare views captured by Japanese skywatchers" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/jupiter-impact-flash-october-2021-photo-video. 
  4. ↑ King, Bob (18 October 2021). "Jupiter Whacked Again? Japanese Astronomers Record Possible Impact". Sky & Telescope. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/jupiter-whacked-again-japanese-astronomers-record-possible-impact/. 
  5. ↑ King, Bob (14 September 2021). "Amateur Spots Possible New Impact Flash at Jupiter". Sky & Telescope. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/amateur-spots-possible-new-impact-flash-at-jupiter/. 
  6. ↑ Giles, Rohini S.; Greathouse, Thomas K.; Kammer, Joshua A.; Gladstone, G. Randall; Bonfond, Bertrand; Hue, Vincent; Grodent, Denis C.; Gérard, Jean-Claude et al. (8 February 2021). "Detection of a bolide in Jupiter's atmosphere with Juno UVS". Geophysical Research Letters 48 (5): e91797. doi:10.1029/2020GL091797. Bibcode: 2021GeoRL..4891797G. 
  7. ↑ Mack, Eric. "Jupiter just got slammed by something so big we saw it from Earth" (in en). https://www.cnet.com/news/jupiter-just-got-slammed-by-something-so-big-we-saw-it-from-earth/. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 R. Hueso; M. Delcroix; A. Sánchez-Lavega; S. Pedranghelu; G. Kernbauer; J. McKeon; A. Fleckstein; A. Wesley et al. (2018). "Small impacts on the giant planet Jupiter". Astronomy & Astrophysics 309: 277–296. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2018.03.012. Bibcode: 2018Icar..309..277B. 
  9. ↑ King, Bob (28 May 2017). "New Impact Flash Seen on Jupiter". Sky & Telescope. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/new-impact-flash-seen-at-jupiter/. 
  10. ↑ Malik, Tariq (29 March 2016). "Jupiter Just Got Hit by a Comet or Asteroid ... Again (Video)" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/32411-jupiter-hit-by-comet-asteroid-video.html. 
  11. ↑ Malik, Tariq (11 September 2012). "Explosion on Jupiter Spotted by Amateur Astronomers" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/17534-jupiter-impact-explosion-amateur-astronomers.html. 
  12. ↑ Shiga, David. "Jupiter attacked for third time in 13 months". New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19354-jupiter-attacked-for-third-time-in-13-months/. 
  13. ↑ Hueso, R.; Wesley, A.; Go, C.; Pérez-Hoyos, S.; Wong, M. H.; Fletcher, L. N.; Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Boslough, M. B. E. et al. (1 October 2010). "First Earth-Based Detection of a Superbolide on Jupiter". The Astrophysical Journal 721 (2): L129–L133. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/721/2/L129. Bibcode: 2010ApJ...721L.129H. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101029-100056391. 
  14. ↑ "Impact mark on Jupiter, 19th July 2009". https://jupiter.samba.org/jupiter-impact.html. 
  15. ↑ "Comet Crash Impact Times Request". NASA JPL. https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/impacts4.html. 
  16. ↑ Cook, A.F.; Duxbury, T.C. (1981). "A Fireball in Jupiter's Atmosphere". J. Geophys. Res. 86 (A10): 8815–8817. doi:10.1029/JA086iA10p08815. Bibcode: 1981JGR....86.8815C. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981JGR....86.8815C. 




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