Universe SandboxGeneral CategoryUniverse Sandbox v1 Discussion (2009 version)Jupiter got just hit by something...
Pages: 1
PrintPrint
Author Topic: Jupiter got just hit by something...  (Read 818 times)
Dan Dixon
Creator of
Universe Sandbox

*****
Posts: 2408



WWW
« on: July 20, 2009, 09:36:44 PM »

New NASA Images Indicate Object Hits Jupiter
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-112
[this occurred sometime between 2009-07-19 and 2009-07-20]

Awesome.

[Speaking of things hitting Jupiter:]
Have you seen the Shoemaker-Levy 9 simulation in Universe Sandbox? Open the simulation "Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashes into Jupiter" to watch the shattered comet impact the planet.
[Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter in July of 1994, almost exactly 15 years ago]

[edited for clarity]
« Last Edit: July 21, 2009, 06:14:53 PM by Dan Dixon » Logged
hbmp88

*****
Posts: 344


Please visit to help! http://ucallyptis.myminicity


« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2009, 10:42:55 PM »

Cool. I want to see a video, hope one exists! Grin
Logged
monmarfori
Beta Team

*****
Posts: 788



« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2009, 01:18:34 AM »

It collided in between July 16 and July 22, 1994.
Logged
hbmp88

*****
Posts: 344


Please visit to help! http://ucallyptis.myminicity


« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2009, 01:25:49 AM »

It collided in between July 16 and July 22, 1994.

-Wrong, this is what it said:

"Following up on a tip by an amateur astronomer, Anthony Wesley of Australia, that a new dark "scar" had suddenly appeared on Jupiter, this morning between 3 and 9 a.m. PDT (6 a.m. and noon EDT) scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., using NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, gathered evidence indicating an impact."
Logged
Bla
Global Moderator

*****
Posts: 765


The stars died so you could live.


WWW
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2009, 03:21:02 AM »

It collided in between July 16 and July 22, 1994.

-Wrong, this is what it said:

"Following up on a tip by an amateur astronomer, Anthony Wesley of Australia, that a new dark "scar" had suddenly appeared on Jupiter, this morning between 3 and 9 a.m. PDT (6 a.m. and noon EDT) scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., using NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, gathered evidence indicating an impact."
I think he's talking about Shoemaker-Levy 9. Smiley

Interesting, it would be cool if Jupiter got one more Big Red Spot. Tongue
Logged
Chaotic Cow
Beta Team

*****
Posts: 563


President of Bovine Relations


WWW
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2009, 07:08:12 AM »

Awesome. I wish we could of seen what it was!
Logged
Pages: 1
PrintPrint
Jump to: