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No. Jupiter does not have a solid surface in which craters and basins could form.

ANS2:The solid core of Jupiter is probably too hot for surface features such as craters and basins to persist and it is unlikely that an impact would happen. Since a crater would be formed from the impact of a meteor, and since the atmosphere of Jupiter is so thick and dense, it is likely that a meteor would completely burn up in the atmosphere and rain down on the core as sand. This is speculation based on the observation of the fate of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. We can't know what the core of Jupiter looks like because it would be so small relative to the diameter of the planet.
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