Asteroids Ahoy! Jupiter Scar Likely from Rocky Body

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 14:33 in Astronomy & Space

A hurtling asteroid about the size of the Titanic caused the scar that appeared in Jupiter's atmosphere on July 19, 2009, according to two recent papers.

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