Hubble pictures Jupiter's 'scar'

[minidog]

Hubble has trained its new camera on the atmospheric disturbance on Jupiter believed to have been caused by a comet or asteroid impact.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8168403.stm

 

[zeppelin68]

Interesting, to say the least.

 

[slasher]

Whatever did that must have been pretty big.

 

[24788]

Whatever did that must have been pretty big.

I hope they don't investigate.

 

[habo9]

If its a gas giant isnt the solid body of Jupiter small , is this a crater or an atmosphere disturbance? If so it wont be a scar for long the winds on Jupiter will get rid of it soon enough , I was more impressed by the comets hitting it a few years back

 

[The Paulinator]

2 pics from NASA:
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA12148.jpg
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA12147.jpg
(raw images, no color enhancement)

 

[YMIHERE]

Wow, they did not see something that big coming. It could have hit earth and nobody would be expecting it. We would all be dead like the dinosaurs.

:eek:

 

[D-rock]

Wow, they did not see something that big coming. It could have hit earth and nobody would be expecting it. We would all be dead like the dinosaurs.

:eek:

Maybe not, I've herd the object that impacted Jupiter might have been a few hundred meters across. The meteorite that is believed to cause the extinction of the dinosaurs around 62 million years ago is believe to be 10km across so it would have been 20 times bigger. Still having meteorite hit the Earth that is hundreds of meters across at about 24km a second could be pretty bad.

 

[Skyraider22]

That comet or whatever it was had to be freakin huge Wow great stuff minidog:thumbsup:

 

[Lungzyn]

That looks pretty cool
I heard GWAR did it

 

[J. Friday]

meh