Hubble pictures Jupiter's 'scar'

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[JoeProBono]

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

The telescope used the Wide Field Camera 3 fitted on the recent shuttle servicing mission to capture ultra-sharp visible-light images of the scar.

The dark spot near the gas giant's southern pole was noticed first by an amateur Australian astronomer.

[JoeProBono]

[LukeL]

Jupiter is like a giant vacuum for the inner planets, it sucks up a ton of debris that might otherwise hit us.

[JusPasenThru]

hehehehehe

You said it sucks. hehehehe

What does it suck? Uranus? heheheheh

hehehehehe

hehehehehe

[theFIRMbss]

>Jupiter is like a giant vacuum for the inner planets, it sucks up a ton of debris that might otherwise hit us

For all the decades
amateurs and pros have watched
Jupiter closely,

we've only seen this
twice. Fifteen years ago and
earlier this month.

And pretty small scopes
can observe the impact cloud.
Wild, amazing stuff.


The Impact on Jupiter! July 20, 2009by The Editors of Sky & Telescope

Hubble Captures Rare Jupiter Collision--HubbleSite

All Eyes on Jupiter--JPL blog

[Centurion2000]

Damn that’s right about the same latitude that Shoemaker Levy pounded Jupiter as well. Being a southern hemisphere jovian is a rough job.

[Yardstick]

Such a drama queen, that Jupiter. Always showing off its scars to anyone who will look.

[SunkenCiv]

I suppose it's a waste of time to check to see if anyone made a Uranus joke yet.

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[Bernard Marx]

Such a drama queen, that Jupiter. Always showing off its scars to anyone who will look.

Reminds me of LBJ pulling down his pants to show his scar to the media. His ego was about as big as Jupiter.

[JoeProBono]

[Bigh4u2]

See post #3

[Beowulf9]

“hehehehehe

You said it sucks. hehehehe

What does it suck? Uranus? heheheheh

hehehehehe

hehehehehe”

Who wrote this? Beavis or Butthead?

[HighlyOpinionated]

See post number three.

Children!

[SunkenCiv]

That one kinda sucked, so here goes...

I wonder if there’s a scar on Uranus?

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Bigh4u2]

Not since the surgery.

:)

[Eaker]

I wonder if there’s a scar on Uranus?

No, but you ought to see the tattoo on his Pluto!

[SunkenCiv]

I’m too ineptune respond to that in kind.

[Bernard Marx]

You’re amazing Joe. But it was his shirt, not his pants as I posted. Must be my Old-Timer’s Disease acting up.

[Eaker]

Well played, my friend.

Well played ........

[SunkenCiv]

I just wish the outer planets looked like this, we'd have to name the probes after clowns though...