Astronomy Behind the Headlines: Impact on Jupiter

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published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
edited by Andrew Fraknoi
written by Carolyn Collins-Petersen
consultant: Heidi Hammel

This item is a podcast audio presentation about the impact of an object with the surface of Jupiter in 2009. Heidi Hammel, senior researcher from the Space Science Institute, explains the imaging techniques being used to study the impact and how it will help scientists understand more about meteor collisions with planetary objects. The podcast may be downloaded as an mp3 file or as a pdf document. Background information on black holes is also provided, plus links to related web sites.

This resource is one episode of Astronomy Behind the Headlines a web-based monthly periodical that features short interviews about the latest discoveries in astronomy and space science. All episodes are narrated by renowned scientists, who explain the phenomenon and why its discovery is significant.

This resource was published and maintained by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

http://web.archive.org/web/20160708123633/http://astrosociety.org/...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Instrumentation = Telescopes - Solar System = Jupiter	- High School - Middle School - Lower Undergraduate - Informal Education	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Lecture/Presentation - Reference Material = Periodical - Audio/Visual = Sound

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2009 Loch Ness Productions, 2010. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2010.
Keywords:: Hubble, Jupiter, astronomy interviews, infrared imaging, interviews, meteor collision, online magazine, online periodical, periodical, podcast, reading lists, resource guide
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created March 1, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: November 30, 2009
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=9873">Collins-Petersen, Carolyn. Astronomy Behind the Headlines: Impact on Jupiter. Edited by Andrew Fraknoi. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, November 30, 2009.</a>

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C. Collins-Petersen, , edited by A. Fraknoi (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2009), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20160708123633/http://astrosociety.org/abh/ABH04.html).

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C. Collins-Petersen, Astronomy Behind the Headlines: Impact on Jupiter, edited by A. Fraknoi (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 2009), <http://web.archive.org/web/20160708123633/http://astrosociety.org/abh/ABH04.html>.

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Collins-Petersen, C. (2009, November 30). Astronomy Behind the Headlines: Impact on Jupiter. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from Astronomical Society of the Pacific: http://web.archive.org/web/20160708123633/http://astrosociety.org/abh/ABH04.html

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Collins-Petersen, Carolyn. Astronomy Behind the Headlines: Impact on Jupiter. Edited by Andrew Fraknoi. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, November 30, 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20160708123633/http://astrosociety.org/abh/ABH04.html (accessed 1 May 2025).

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Collins-Petersen, Carolyn. Astronomy Behind the Headlines: Impact on Jupiter. Ed. Fraknoi, Andrew. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2009. 30 Nov. 2009. 1 May 2025 <http://web.archive.org/web/20160708123633/http://astrosociety.org/abh/ABH04.html>.

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