Hubble Images Suggest Rogue Asteroid Smacked Jupiter

Object Name: Jupiter

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Hammel (Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.), and the Jupiter Impact Team

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Montage Image: Jupiter Impact Scar is Going, Going, Gone Image Type: Astronomical/Illustration/Annotated PRC2010-16 Jupiter, Hubble WFC3: July 23, 2009 Image Type: Astronomical Jupiter, Hubble WFC3: August 3, 2009 Image Type: Astronomical Jupiter, Hubble WFC3: August 8, 2009 Image Type: Astronomical Jupiter, Hubble WFC3: September 23, 2009 Image Type: Astronomical Jupiter, Hubble WFC3: November 3, 2009 Image Type: Astronomical

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