PIA12148: Jupiter Impact Scar
This image shows a large impact on Jupiter's south polar region captured on July 20, 2009, by NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility in Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
 Target Name:  Jupiter
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Instrument:  IRTF 
 Product Size:  640 x 350 pixels (w x h) 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA12148.tif (224.5 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA12148.jpg (7.464 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This image shows a large impact on Jupiter's south polar region captured on July 20, 2009, by NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility in Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Infrared Telescope Facility

Image Addition Date:
2009-07-20