Jupiter Impact 2009 |
Jupiter Impact 2009 |
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![]() The Poet Dude ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 ![]() |
Very interesting observation of a dark mark on Jupiter... it's starting to ripple out across Twitter...
http://www.irishastronomy.org/cms/forum?fu...;id=79644#79647 More info: http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/ObsReport...ter-impact.html -------------------- |
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 723 Joined: 13-June 04 Member No.: 82 ![]() |
Will it be possible to determine the bulk nature of the impactor -- icy vs. rocky vs. iron? According to my understanding, a higher strength impactor would burrow further into Jupiter's atmosphere before fully disintegrating, thereby dredging up deeper (and presumably compositionally different) layers of that atmosphere, which might be detectable on large Earth-based telescopes.
The fact that the impactor was not detected prior to impact suggests (although it does not prove) that the impactor was relatively faint, suggesting a rocky or metallic composition to me. Bill |
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