Comments on: Has Jupiter been struck by an object? https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/21/has-jupiter-been-struck-by-an/ Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:28:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Steinn Sigurdsson https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/21/has-jupiter-been-struck-by-an/#comment-540241 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:28:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/21/has-jupiter-been-struck-by-an/#comment-540241 It was confirmed yesterday by near IR imaging, JPL using IRTF and UC using Keck.
I blogged the confirmation yesterday and the original the day before and the confirmation images are in the entry in the physical science channel right there on the sb front page.

]]> By: Rick Schauer https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/21/has-jupiter-been-struck-by-an/#comment-540240 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:54:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/21/has-jupiter-been-struck-by-an/#comment-540240 I saw this, too. Cool or what? I read somewhere that an amateur alerted the “big boys” about the hit and they, inturn, focused the infrared scopes at it. Maybe it will make the NASA picture of the day:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

]]> By: stillwaggon https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/21/has-jupiter-been-struck-by-an/#comment-540239 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:02:45 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/21/has-jupiter-been-struck-by-an/#comment-540239 NASA has confirmed that it’s an impact.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/jup-20090720.html

]]> By: stillwaggon https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/21/has-jupiter-been-struck-by-an/#comment-540238 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:50:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/21/has-jupiter-been-struck-by-an/#comment-540238 NASA has confirmed that it’s an impact.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/jup-20090720.html

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