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Hubble Photographs Jupiter's New "Scar"

Posted by Soulskill on from the too-bad-cassini's-at-the-wrong-planet dept.

BearRanger writes "Calibration of new systems in the Hubble Space Telescope (installed in May by Shuttle Atlantis astronauts) were interrupted to take pictures of the new 'scar' near the south pole of Jupiter. The scar is believed to have been caused by the impact of an asteroid or small comet with the gas giant, which we discussed last Sunday. Hubble's return to service will be delayed by this interruption, but NASA says that rare events such as this warrant the delay. This is only the second recorded impact of an object with Jupiter."

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  1. Star Wars anyone? by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The new camera, installed by the astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis in May, is not yet fully calibrated. While it is possible to obtain celestial images, the camera's full power has yet to be seen."

    I don't know, but I am just imagining the same words being uttered on the Death Star, albeit in a slightly different context.

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  2. Re:Size by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's already a wonderful way to deflect asteroids. It's called Jupiter.

  3. Re:Ominous... by Boronx · · Score: 2, Funny

    So Flrknorpt is still out there.

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  4. Re:Dave what are you doing..... by SoundGuyNoise · · Score: 3, Funny

    My god, it's full of scars!

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