Southwest Research Institute Scientists Image a Bright Meteoroid Explosion in Jupiter's Atmosphere
February 23, 2021
February 23, 2021
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 23 (TNSRes) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release:
From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright flash above Jupiter's clouds last spring. The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) team studied the data and determined that they had captured a bolide, an extremely bright meteoroid explosion in the gas giant's upper atmosphere.
"Jupiter un . . .
From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright flash above Jupiter's clouds last spring. The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) team studied the data and determined that they had captured a bolide, an extremely bright meteoroid explosion in the gas giant's upper atmosphere.
"Jupiter un . . .