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Eight Looks at the Jupiter Impact
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Caption:
These images show eight different looks at the aftermath of a body -- probably an asteroid -- hitting Jupiter on July 19, 2009. Amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley was the first to capture an image of the impact, with a visible-light camera attached to his telescope in Australia. A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image was obtained in visible light. Infrared images were obtained by NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility and the Gemini North Telescope, both atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile. The images were taken between July 19 and 26, 2009.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Jupiter | |
| System | ||
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) | Gemini North Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) |
| Instrument Host | Infrared Telescope Facility | Hubble Space Telescope, Gemini North Telescope |
| Host Type | Ground-Based Telescope | Space Telescope |
| Instrument | Visible Light Camera | Gemini North Telescope, Very Large Telescope (VLT) |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Asteroid, Color, Impact, Infrared | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2011-01-26 | |
| Date in Caption | 2009-07-19 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/IRTF/STScI/ESO/Gemini Observatory/AURA/A. Wesley | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13762 | |
| Identifier | PIA13762 | |
