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16 June 2010
Hubble Delves into Two Recent Jupiter Mysteries
Jupiter has a few mysteries these days. Between an equatorial belt that has gone missing and an impact that didn't leave a mark, astronomers decided they needed to put the Hubble Space Telescope on the case. New and detailed observations from the venerable space telescope have provided some insights into these two recent [...]
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03 June 2010
New Impact on Jupiter
In an incredible coincidence where a paper was released today about the 2009 impact event on Jupiter, the same amateur astronomer who captured that event also captured a new impact Jupiter that occurred at about 20:30 UT today (June 3, 2010). Anthony Wesley from Australia captured the flash of an impact, which was also [...]
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03 June 2010
New Hubble Images Zoom In on Asteroid Impact on Jupiter
When amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley from Australia saw a dark spot the size of the Pacific Ocean appear on Jupiter through his telescope on July 19, 2009, this started a flurry of astronomic activity, with other telescopes quickly slewing to take a look. It didn't take long for other astronomers to confirm Jupiter [...]
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13 May 2010
Jupiter, It Is A-Changing
Jupiter's appearance has changed dramatically since the end of 2009, when it moved too close to the Sun from our vantage point on Earth to be observed. New looks at the planet after it emerged from the Sun's glare reveals that one of the bands of clouds, the South Equatorial Belt, has gone missing. [...]
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16 March 2010
New Images Unlock Secrets of Jupiter's Red Spot
It's difficult enough to track the weather on Earth, but with new thermal images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, scientists now have the first detailed interior weather map of a giant storm system on another planet. "This is our first detailed look inside the biggest storm of the solar system," said Glenn Orton, a [...]
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25 January 2010
One of Jupiter's Moons is Melted!
Jupiter's two moons Ganymede and Callisto could be considered fraternal twins. They have a similar composition and size, but visually, they are different. Also, data from the Galileo and Voyager spacecraft reveal the two moons' interiors are very dissimilar, as well. The reasons for the differences have eluded scientists for 30 years, [...]
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25 November 2009
Jupiter – Our Silent Guardian?
We live in a cosmic shooting gallery. In Phil Plait's Death From the Skies, he lays out the dangers of a massive impact: destructive shockwaves, tsunamis, flash fires, atmospheric darkening…. The scenario isn't pretty should a big one come our way. Fortunately, we may have a silent guardian: Jupiter. (...)Read the rest of Jupiter – Our [...]
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02 November 2009
Jupiter's Dueling Red Spots
Even though most of us have been suffering from poor seeing conditions due to both hemisphere's seasonal climate changes, the changes we're experiencing look like nothing compared to what's happening on Jupiter. If you think we've got turbulent atmosphere and more than our fair share of clouds – then check out what John Chumack's been [...]
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13 September 2009
Craters on Vesta and Ceres Could Show Jupiter's Age
Scientists use crater distributions to tell the ages of planetary surfaces on rocky bodies. But how can the ages of gas planets be determined? Believe it or not, possibly from craters. Scientists from the National Institute of Astrophysics in Rome say that crater patterns on the two largest asteroids in the asteroid [...]
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07 August 2009
Chasing An Occultation
You've all heard me talk about watching the Moon occult a bright star. That's when we get a great example of stellar parallax from our Earthly viewpoint! But did you know that there are several other heavenly bodies that can cause an occultation that's easy to view through an amateur telescope if you [...]
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29 July 2009
Observe the Jupiter Impact Site!
Have you stayed up late and observed the Jupiter impact site? Then don't be goofing around. Not since July 16-22, 1994 when comet Shoemaker-Levy crashed into Jupiter's southern hemisphere have amateur astronomers had the opportunity to witness history firsthand! What makes me think that you can do it? Because I have… [...]
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24 July 2009
Viewing the Jupiter Impact With Your Telescope
Are you ready to stay up a little late and see if you can catch the new dark spot on Jupiter from what could have either been an asteroid or comet impact? It happened somewhere between July 17th and 19th and the scar is still fresh and visible. However, there is just a [...]
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23 July 2009
New Image of Jupiter Impact in Infrared
br clear = all> After getting whacked unexpectedly by a small comet or asteroid, Jupiter is sporting a "bruise," which has been big news this week. In visible wavelengths, the impact site appears as a black spot. But in a new image taken in near infrared by the Gemini North telescope on Mauna [...]
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20 July 2009
Jupiter Impact Confirmed
As we reported yesterday, an amateur astronomer snapped evidence of an impact on Jupiter. Now, NASA has confirmed the black spot on the giant gas planet is in fact an impact and not just a weather-related disturbance. And Anthony Wesley has now made the biggest observation of his life. "It still feels [...]
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19 July 2009
Possible New Impact on Jupiter
br clear = all> Amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley from Canberra, Australia captured an image of Jupiter on July 19 showing a possible new impact site. Anthony's image shows a new dark spot in the South Polar Region of Jupiter, at approximately 216° longitude in System 2. It looks very similar to the impact marks made on [...]
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