Evolution of D/G Impact Sites on Jupiter

Esahubble_opo9446e_1024

esahubble_opo9446e September 29th, 1994

Credit: H. Hammel, MIT and NASA/ESA

The structure seen in earlier views has disappeared rapidly in the images taken on 30 July and 24 August, respectively. Almost all of the changes between the images are due to Jupiter's east-west winds that play a key role in the dispersing of the dark material.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9446e/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Jupiter • Shoemaker-Levy 9
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Type > Gas Giant
Planet > Feature > Surface > Impact

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  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) -
Esahubble_opo9446e_1280
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ID
opo9446e
Subject Category
A.1.1.2   A.1.2.1.4  
Subject Name
Jupiter, Shoemaker-Levy 9
Credits
H. Hammel, MIT and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1994-09-29T05:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9446e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Ultraviolet
Bandpass
U
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9446e
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9446e.tif
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Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:42:48+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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