First results dealing with the impact of a celestial body on the planet Jupiter
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 11:01
in Astronomy & Space
The Planetary Sciences Group at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country with its headquarters at the Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao and led by Professor Agustin Sanchez Lavega, has published the first results of research into one of the recent events that has sparked off maximum interest in the world of astronomy: the impact of a large-sized celestial body on the planet Jupiter last July. Sanchez Lavega's work, in which the researchers of his group Santiago Perez Hoyos and Ricardo Hueso have also participated alongside American scientists, has appeared in 'Astrophysical Journal Letters,' one of the most prestigious publications in the world of astrophysics and astronomy...