Hs-2009-23-crop.jpg

Description Hs-2009-23-crop.jpg	English: Hubble Telescope image of the 2009 Jupiter Impact Scar . The spot is presently twice the length of the United States. The force of the explosion on Jupiter was thousands of times more powerful than the suspected comet or asteroid that exploded over the Tunguska River Valley in Siberia in June 1908. Italiano: Immagine della macchia scura scoperta il 19 luglio su Giove e molto probabilmente originatasi in seguito all' impatto di un asteroide o di una cometa. L'immagine è stata raccolta dal Telescopio spaziale Hubble il 23 luglio 2009.
Date	24 July 2009
Source	Cropped from Hubblesite (STScI-2009-23)
Author	Credit: NASA, ESA, and H. Hammel (Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.), and the Jupiter Impact Team
Other versions	Unmodified PNG version derived from this TIFF composite view Full Planet View TIFF closeup view at full resolution, uncalibrated

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