numerous impact events on Jupiter have been observed, the most significant of which was the collision of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1994. Jupiter is the...
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The 2009 Jupiter impact event, occasionally referred to as the Wesley impact, was a July 2009 impact event on Jupiter that caused a black spot in the planet's...
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August two other observers had recorded the same event. Impact events on Jupiter List of Jupiter events Hueso, R.; A. Wesley; C. Go; S. Pérez-Hoyos; M....
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of the object being an asteroid rather than a comet. Impact events on Jupiter Plait, Phil. "Jupiter Got Whacked by Yet Another Asteroid/Comet!". Slate magazine...
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surface, leaving no impact crater. The Tunguska event is the largest impact event on Earth in recorded history, though much larger impacts occurred in prehistoric...
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An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems...
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Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (category Jupiter impact events)
nature of Jupiter's influence on Earth impacts. List of Jupiter events Impact events on Jupiter Atmosphere of Jupiter 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, a near-Earth...
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In recorded history, the planet Jupiter has experienced impact events and has been probed and photographed by several spacecraft. Galileo spacecraft entry...
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meteor velocity of 5-15 km/s, an impact angle of 45°, and a density of 1-3 g/cm3 Impact event Impact events on Jupiter Marsquake "NASA's InSight Lander...
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Video on YouTube of the 2010 Jupiter impact event by an amateur astronomer. Animation on YouTube of the Juno spacecraft's flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter by...
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than Jupiter) Galileo Spacecraft (a mission that included both an orbiter and an atmospheric-entry probe) Juno probe 2009 Jupiter impact event 2010 Jupiter...
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Impact events have been a recurring theme in fiction since the 1800s. Impact events have been a recurring theme in fiction since the 1800s. The earliest...
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The exploration of Jupiter has been conducted via close observations by automated spacecraft. It began with the arrival of Pioneer 10 into the Jovian...
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Europa (moon) (redirect from Jupiter II)
or Jupiter II, is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet of all the 95 known moons of Jupiter. It...
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from a fragmented asteroidal object similar to the Shoemaker–Levy 9 impact with Jupiter. In addition to the 180 km (110 mi) Chicxulub crater, there is the...
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Ganymede (moon) (redirect from Ganymede (moon of Jupiter))
Ganymede, or Jupiter III, is the largest and most massive natural satellite of Jupiter, and in the Solar System. Despite being the only moon in the Solar...
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Comet (redirect from Jupiter family comet)
have a different origin from comets, having formed inside the orbit of Jupiter rather than in the outer Solar System. However, the discovery of main-belt...
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Chicxulub crater (redirect from Chicxulub Impact Crater)
from the impact was the primary cause of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, a mass extinction of 75% of plant and animal species on Earth, including...
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The magnetosphere of Jupiter is the cavity created in the solar wind by Jupiter's magnetic field. Extending up to seven million kilometers in the Sun's...
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renamed "Lita Kino" in some English adaptations), better known as Sailor Jupiter (セーラージュピター, Sērā Jupitā), is a fictional character in the Sailor Moon manga...
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Silk Spectre (redirect from Sally Jupiter)
Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the original Silk Spectre, Sally "Jupiter" Juspeczyk, was a member of the crimefighting team the Minutemen, while...
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Anthony Wesley (section Impact discoveries)
amateur astronomer, known for his discoveries of the 2009 and 2010 Jupiter impact events. Wesley was born in Glen Innes, Australia in 1965. At as early as...
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The PGM-19 Jupiter was the first nuclear armed, medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was a liquid-propellant...
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38th parallel structures (category Possible impact craters on Earth)
in the possibility of serial impacts on Earth was piqued by observations of comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 impacting on Jupiter in 1994. It has been estimated...
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Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (redirect from K/T impact)
simultaneous multiple impacts, perhaps from a fragmented asteroidal object, similar to the Shoemaker–Levy 9 cometary impact with Jupiter. Among these are the...
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Planetary habitability in the Solar System (redirect from Life on Jupiter)
life on Jupiter?". Universe Today. Retrieved February 13, 2023. Chris Ciaccia (August 31, 2018). "Scientists 'can't rule out' alien life on Jupiter after...
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Manicouagan Reservoir (redirect from Manicouagan impact crater)
North Dakota. similar to the well observed string of impacts of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 on Jupiter in 1994. However, more recent work has found that the...
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The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice, formerly JUICE) is an interplanetary spacecraft on its way to orbit and study three icy moons of Jupiter: Ganymede...
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The Vredefort impact structure is the largest verified impact structure on Earth. The crater, which has since been eroded away, has been estimated at 170–300...
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