What happens when an asteroid or meteor hits a gas planet like Jupiter?

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Does it just pass through it? Could an asteroid have created the big red storm on Jupiter? I think and read about space all the time and this has never come up or even crossed my mind.

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Makes a tiny flash of light and gets absorbed into the truly tremendous bulk of the planet. This happened back in the… 90s, I think? With Shoemaker-Levy 9.

The Big Red Spot is a natural weather occurrence. Basically a gigantic and persistent hurricane.

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