Asteroid Strike on Jupiter in 2009, Taken by Hubble

I made an animation out of 5 frames taken by Hubble of an asteroid strike in 2009. According to NASA's description, this was unexpected. The whole sequence was take between July and November 2009

See the full description here:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/solar%20system/jupiter/2010...

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Science & Technology

[omgodzilla10]

I thought Jupiter was made out of gas?

[Nomoreidsleft]

@omgodzilla10 Most of it is gas. That's what you see in the video, the gas cloud swallowing up the asteroid. However, all planets have a solid core, including Jupiter.

[loveyaabitch]

Actually Jupiter. a gas planet which with it mass it the gravitional pull is larger