JPL confirms that object has bombarded Jupiter
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 05:00
in Astronomy & Space
The first story in our yesterday's Minuscule was about a recent comet or asteroid impact on Jupiter. Some photos showing the impact were posted by the Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley in his blog. Following Wesley's finding scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California using NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, gathered evidence indicating an impact...
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