Bright Meteoroid Explosion Above Jupiter’s Clouds Observed By Juno Spacecraft’s Instrument

The JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter’s southern equatorial region on Sept. 1, 2017. The image is oriented so Jupiter’s poles (not visible) run left-to-right of the frame. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

A bright flash above Jupiter’s clouds was observed by astronomers using the Ultraviolet Spectrograph instrument on the Juno spacecraft.

Since Juno arrived at Jupiter in 2016, UVS has been used to study morphology, brightness, and spectral characteristics of Jupiter’s auroras as the spacecraft cartwheels close to its surface every 53 days.

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