List of Jupiter events

Hubble image of the scar taken on 23 July 2009 during the 2009 Jupiter impact event, showing a blemish of about 8,000 kilometres long.[1]

In recorded history, the planet Jupiter has experienced impact events and has been probed and photographed by several spacecraft.

Impact

Event Date (UTC) Rough original
size (meters)
Latitude (°) Longitude (°)
Mar 2016 event 2016/03/17 00:18:33 15 +4 ?
Sep 2012 event[2] 2012/09/10 11:35:00 30 +2 345
Aug 2010 event[2] 2010/08/20 18:22:12 10 +11 ?
Jun 2010 Jupiter impact event 2010/06/03 20:31:20 12 -16.1 342.7
Jul 2009 Jupiter impact event 2009/07/19 13:30 300 -57 305
Jul 1994 Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 1994/07/16-22 1800 -65 ?

Spacecraft entry

Spacecraft orbit

Spacecraft flybys

References

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