Jupiter Impact 2009 |
Jupiter Impact 2009 |
Jul 19 2009, 08:13 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Very interesting observation of a dark mark on Jupiter... it's starting to ripple out across Twitter...
http://www.irishastronomy.org/cms/forum?fu...;id=79644#79647 More info: http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/ObsReport...ter-impact.html -------------------- |
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Jul 19 2009, 08:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
I daresay it wasn't a cometary impact, as a comet of any reasonable size (i.e., big enough to leave such a visible mark) would have been spotted before now, I would imagine. As long as it had an observable coma and tail, that is (which comets usually do by the time they reach Jupiter's orbit).
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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