That is because the force of the object hitting Jupiter pushed very reflective particles high into the planet's atmosphere.

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He captured images of the spot and studied a picture that he had taken earlier of the same area on Jupiter.

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Scientists believe it is evidence that a large object struck Jupiter, cutting a hole in the atmosphere of the huge, gaseous planet.

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This most recent collision with Jupiter brought attention to how the huge planet's gravity affects our solar system.

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Military officials immediately offered to use the Jupiter to put a scientific satellite into orbit around the Earth.

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But the object that struck Jupiter in July is estimated to have been much smaller and harder to see than comet Shoemaker-Levy.

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In nineteen fifty-six, the United States launched a Jupiter military rocket that flew more than five thousand kilometers.

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Scientists hope this vehicle could permit them to one day explore the icy oceans on Jupiter's moon Europa.

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Some scientists have called Jupiter the protector of the inner planets and our own Earth -- from objects from the outer solar system.

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But over the years, the sign changed from the eye of Horus to the sign for Jupiter, the chief god of the Romans.

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But others note that Jupiter's powerful gravitational field can just as easily send an object into Earth's path as push it deeper into space.

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Other projects include sending unmanned spacecraft to Europa, an icy moon of the planet Jupiter.

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At first,he thought it was the shadow of one of Jupiter's four big moons.

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Anthony Wesley found an unusual dark marking in Jupiter's atmosphere using his amateur telescope.

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This week,we will tell about evidence that something big struck the planet Jupiter.

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It will attempt to learn how much water is in Jupiter's atmosphere.

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Mister Wesley saw the spot near Jupiter's extreme south on July nineteenth.

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The Army and Air Force built the Redstone, Jupiter and Atlas rockets.

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Jupiter's sign looked much like the printed number "four."

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Comet Shoemaker-Levy Nine broke up and struck Jupiter.

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Astronomers may never know exactly what struck Jupiter.

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The rocket was an army Jupiter.

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