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PIA13762: Eight Looks at the Jupiter Impact
 Target Name:  Jupiter
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  IRTF
 Instrument:  Visible Light Camera 
Gemini North Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope
VLT
 Product Size:  1202 x 1200 pixels (w x h)
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA13762.tif (4.332 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA13762.jpg (138.1 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

These images show eight different looks at the aftermath of a body -- probably an asteroid -- hitting Jupiter on July 19, 2009. Amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley was the first to capture an image of the impact, with a visible-light camera attached to his telescope in Australia. A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image was obtained in visible light. Infrared images were obtained by NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility and the Gemini North Telescope, both atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile. The images were taken between July 19 and 26, 2009.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/IRTF/STScI/ESO/Gemini Observatory/AURA/A. Wesley

Image Addition Date:
2011-01-26