A fireball in the atmosphere of Jupiter

Eso_ann1059a_1024

eso_ann1059a September 9th, 2010

Credit: Anthony Wesley

This image of a fireball, created by the collision of an unknown object with the atmosphere of Jupiter, was obtained by Anthony Wesley on 3 June 2010 at 20:31 from Broken Hill (Australia) using a webcam on his 37 cm aperture home-made telescope. The impact created a short-lived white spot towards the right-hand edge of the disc of the planet. Using these observations, as well as data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and several other ground-based telescopes, scientists have found that the impacting object seen entering the atmosphere of Jupiter was a meteoroid roughly 8–13 m in diameter.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: http://www.eso.org/public/images/ann1059a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

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

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Other (None) Optical (R) 650.0 nm
Blue None (None) Optical 435.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Blue
Eso_ann1059a_1280
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ID
ann1059a
Subject Category
A.1.1.2   A.1.2.1.4  
Subject Name
Jupiter
Credits
Anthony Wesley
Release Date
2010-09-09T21:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.eso.org/public/images/ann1059a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Other, None
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, -
Central Wavelength
650, 435
Start Time
2010-06-03T20:31:20, 2015-11-09T00:00:00
Integration Time
60, 60
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
ann1059a
Resource URL
http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/ann1059a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2010-09-08T12:38:46+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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