Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufm.p14d..01d&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #P14D-01
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
[0325] Atmospheric Composition And Structure / Evolution Of The Atmosphere, [5704] Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets / Atmospheres, [6220] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Jupiter
Scientific paper
On UT 19 July 2009 amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley announced that Jupiter might have been hit by an object, as evidenced from an anomalous feature near Jupiter’s south pole (at a southern planetgraphic latitude of 58 deg, and W. longitude III of 305 deg). A world-wide observing campaign was initiated in response, including Hubble Space Telescope Director Discretionary Time on the newly-installed WFC3 camera. Observations were made on July 23, August 3 and 8. In this talk we will present a summary of the HST images at wavelengths between 400 and 900 nm. In particular, we will compare the initial HST observations with contemporaneous data over a wide spectral range from the near-IR (Keck) and mid-IR (Gemini-North, VLT, Gemini-South). The evolution of the impact debris field at visible, near- and mid-IR wavelengths will be discussed, along with a comparison to the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact in 1994.
Clarke John T.
de Pater Imke
Fletcher Leigh N.
Hammel Heidi Beth
Hueso Ricardo
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