Following up on a tip by an amateur astronomer that a new dark "scar" had suddenly appeared on Jupiter, on 20th July, 2009 between 3 and 9 a.m. PDT (6 a.m. and noon EDT) scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., using NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, gathered evidence indicating an impact.
New infrared images show the likely impact point was near the south polar region, with a visibly dark "scar" and bright upwelling particles in the upper atmosphere detected in near-infrared wavelengths, and a warming of the upper troposphere with possible extra emission from ammonia gas detected at mid-infrared wavelengths.
It could be due to the comet but the scientists are not sure .
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something struck jupiter great should we be worried what this story does not say is if this can cause anything negative in the atmosphere
Informative post. Astronomy is the area i have less knowledge. Hope i can change my status y reading your blog.
Thanks for sharing your information with us.
Mishu
whoa..
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keep bloggin n i'll keep coming around here..
all of these r new to me..
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