Discovery of a Possible Impact SPOT on Jupiter Recorded in 1690

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Feb 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997pasj...49l...1t&link_type=abstract

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, v.49, p.L1-L5.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Comets: General, Historical Records, Impacts, Planets: Individual (Jupiter), Solar System: General

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Upon surveying old drawings stored in libraries we discovered a dark spot drawn by G. Cassini in 1690 December. The size and visibility of this spot were similar to those produced by the impacts of Comet D/Shoemaker-Levy 9 in 1994. During the 18 d observational period, this spot was stretched mainly in the east--west direction by a zonal wind. Considering this circumstantial evidence together with a result of simple simulation of the time variation, we conclude that this spot was possibly produced by the impact of a single astronomical object around 1690 December 5.

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