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 21 2009, 03:58 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Richmond, VA USA Member No.: 181 |
Saw a mention of this on SpaceWeather this morning:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/fea...p-20090720.html -- Pertinax |
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Stu Jupiter Impact 2009 Jul 19 2009, 08:13 PM
ugordan Precisely 15 years after Shoemaker-Levy 9 barrage.... Jul 19 2009, 08:23 PM
SFJCody QUOTE (ugordan @ Jul 19 2009, 09:23 PM) I... Jul 19 2009, 08:36 PM dvandorn I daresay it wasn't a cometary impact, as a co... Jul 19 2009, 08:26 PM Floyd Now picked up by astronomy. Jul 19 2009, 08:48 PM tasp Maybe we are getting another Venus ?? Jul 19 2009, 09:48 PM nprev Interesting! It does look quite a bit like one... Jul 19 2009, 09:59 PM volcanopele Very cool. Given how much Jupiter eats comets and... Jul 19 2009, 11:06 PM john_s I started my own topic, but then nprev pointed out... Jul 20 2009, 02:42 AM nprev QUOTE (john_s @ Jul 19 2009, 06:42 PM) ..... Jul 20 2009, 03:02 AM tedstryk They have already done one science observation (a ... Jul 20 2009, 04:57 AM volcanopele No problem. This topic belongs in the Telescope O... Jul 20 2009, 02:50 AM Sunspot QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 19 2009, 09:13 PM) Very ... Jul 20 2009, 07:38 AM Stu Universe Today... Bad Astronomer... sites like tha... Jul 20 2009, 07:52 AM djellison I'm wondering if the fact that Hubble is still... Jul 20 2009, 08:15 AM SFJCody I think the forum might enjoy this, one of my favo... Jul 20 2009, 08:19 AM Stu Some more pix here...
http://jupiter.samba.org/ju... Jul 20 2009, 08:32 AM volcanopele Yeah, some of those other images have really convi... Jul 20 2009, 09:02 AM 4th rock from the sun Hi,
A nice place to check for updated daily plane... Jul 20 2009, 09:14 AM Stu QUOTE (4th rock from the sun @ Jul 20 2009, 1... Jul 20 2009, 10:00 AM 4th rock from the sun Yes, the ALPO Japan Planetary Section it's ful... Jul 20 2009, 10:23 AM Sunspot I've often wondered why we see so few planetar... Jul 20 2009, 10:20 AM Stu From Twitter: "Glenn Orton from JPL is imagin... Jul 20 2009, 11:51 AM Sunspot can you give me the link the the twitter sites you... Jul 20 2009, 12:40 PM Hungry4info Die! Die! Watch them die!
QUOTE (... Jul 20 2009, 12:44 PM ElkGroveDan Too bad it wasn't Saturn. Jul 20 2009, 07:58 PM Decepticon RE: Jupiter Impact 2009 Jul 20 2009, 08:08 PM Phil Stooke EGD: "Too bad it wasn't Saturn. "
... Jul 20 2009, 08:19 PM Stu Interesting Twitter site to follow re this story..... Jul 20 2009, 08:26 PM ugordan Would we be able to measure the temperatue and cro... Jul 20 2009, 08:40 PM tedstryk Yes, but Cassini would undoubtedly serendipitously... Jul 20 2009, 08:59 PM ugordan QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jul 20 2009, 10:59 PM) ... Jul 20 2009, 09:08 PM PFK QUOTE (ugordan @ Jul 20 2009, 09:40 PM) 1... Jul 23 2009, 11:33 AM tedstryk http://archive.stsci.edu/proposal_search.p...st... Jul 24 2009, 12:11 AM Sunspot QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jul 24 2009, 01:11 AM) ... Jul 24 2009, 07:17 AM Sunspot QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 20 2009, 09:26 PM) Inter... Jul 20 2009, 10:59 PM nprev Re Saturn vs. Jupiter impacts: Another thing to re... Jul 20 2009, 09:35 PM Floyd JPL new release In part:
Scientists have found ev... Jul 20 2009, 11:10 PM ugordan It would have been nice if they actually mentioned... Jul 20 2009, 11:20 PM Sunspot QUOTE (ugordan @ Jul 21 2009, 12:20 AM) I... Jul 20 2009, 11:24 PM tedstryk It may be that the public relations office nazis a... Jul 20 2009, 11:32 PM ugordan Someone should email them about that, to be honest... Jul 20 2009, 11:32 PM ynyralmaen QUOTE (ugordan @ Jul 21 2009, 12:32 AM) W... Jul 21 2009, 06:33 AM volcanopele http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12148 Jul 20 2009, 11:16 PM nprev Agreed.
Again, I find it hard to even describe... Jul 20 2009, 11:31 PM Sunspot There is contact info at the bottom of the press r... Jul 20 2009, 11:32 PM Floyd I just e-mailed her Jul 20 2009, 11:34 PM nprev Thanks, Sunspot. I just left her a very polite voi... Jul 20 2009, 11:37 PM stevesliva Just name the deceased impactor after him. Heck,... Jul 20 2009, 11:38 PM nprev QUOTE (stevesliva @ Jul 20 2009, 04:38 PM... Jul 20 2009, 11:43 PM Sunspot http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1749...rom-i... Jul 20 2009, 11:41 PM ugordan Wow, the Keck image really shows some interesting ... Jul 20 2009, 11:47 PM john_s QUOTE (ugordan @ Jul 20 2009, 11:47 PM) W... Jul 21 2009, 02:23 AM nprev Yes, it does indeed, Gordan!
VERY interesting... Jul 20 2009, 11:54 PM Floyd Just received the following:
Hi Floyd,
We were ru... Jul 21 2009, 12:03 AM nprev Well done, Floyd!!!!! Jul 21 2009, 12:04 AM rogelio Why not honor the discoverer by referring to this ... Jul 21 2009, 12:42 AM nprev Problem is that it's extremely transient, Roge... Jul 21 2009, 12:47 AM nprev Hmm. I see what you mean, John. If this is the cau... Jul 21 2009, 03:18 AM dtolman This has been picked up on the NY Times breaking n... Jul 21 2009, 03:21 PM SFJCody QUOTE (dtolman @ Jul 21 2009, 04:21 PM) F... Jul 21 2009, 03:59 PM imipak QUOTE (dtolman @ Jul 21 2009, 04:21 PM) .... Jul 21 2009, 08:03 PM volcanopele Obviously, the quick comment that can be answered ... Jul 21 2009, 08:39 PM SFJCody Interestingly, there was a paper published in 1997... Jul 21 2009, 09:25 PM tedstryk QUOTE (SFJCody @ Jul 21 2009, 09:25 PM) I... Jul 21 2009, 09:39 PM Mongo Will it be possible to determine the bulk nature o... Jul 21 2009, 09:23 PM volcanopele Wasn't that based on two data points, Shoemake... Jul 21 2009, 09:38 PM SFJCody QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jul 21 2009, 10:38 P... Jul 21 2009, 09:51 PM Juramike Here's a paper putting the impact rate of 2 km... Jul 21 2009, 11:43 PM 4th rock from the sun QUOTE (Juramike @ Jul 22 2009, 12:43 AM) ... Jul 22 2009, 09:19 AM Juramike QUOTE (4th rock from the sun @ Jul 22 2009, 0... Jul 22 2009, 02:21 PM 4th rock from the sun Regarding lesser known amateur planetary observati... Jul 22 2009, 03:03 PM tedstryk To be fair, given the bright background and having... Jul 22 2009, 04:26 PM ugordan QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jul 22 2009, 06:26 PM) ... Jul 22 2009, 04:29 PM dvandorn It occurs to me that the most massive objects in t... Jul 22 2009, 01:03 AM djellison Two points - one is the "Friend or Foe" ... Jul 22 2009, 07:30 AM nprev QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 22 2009, 12:30 AM)... Jul 22 2009, 12:29 PM Sunspot Hubble will be observing the spot in the next coup... Jul 22 2009, 08:25 AM djellison Also shows how damn good the amateurs have got usi... Jul 22 2009, 09:03 AM nprev Is that a restricted-access page, Ted? I get nothi... Jul 24 2009, 12:32 AM tedstryk It did that for me on the first few tries.
BTW, G... Jul 24 2009, 12:45 AM Hungry4info Definitely looking forward to this first example o... Jul 24 2009, 11:26 AM Sunspot QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Jul 24 2009, 12:26 P... Jul 24 2009, 12:12 PM tedstryk They repaired the ACS HRC, but it is much more com... Jul 24 2009, 01:45 PM Hungry4info QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jul 24 2009, 07:45 AM) ... Jul 24 2009, 02:11 PM tedstryk OK, I see that now, I didn't realize the HRC h... Jul 24 2009, 02:42 PM nprev Good SpaceflightNow article re yesterday's Hub... Jul 24 2009, 05:07 PM stevesliva Yup! http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/... Jul 24 2009, 07:10 PM nprev YESSSSS!!!
Wow. Obviously these are... Jul 24 2009, 07:22 PM PDP8E Man, I love the Hubble! That picture is incred... Jul 24 2009, 07:34 PM lyford Sweet Fancy Moses!!!!! Jul 24 2009, 07:40 PM ugordan Also, Surprise Collision on Jupiter Captured by Ge... Jul 24 2009, 09:05 PM ElkGroveDan That downrange disturbance almost looks like the m... Jul 24 2009, 10:26 PM nprev You know, if we keep seeing these things happen on... Jul 24 2009, 10:33 PM Stu QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 24 2009, 11:33 PM) we... Jul 24 2009, 11:30 PM Sunspot I sharpened the BW image slightly... this new came... Jul 24 2009, 10:52 PM nprev Just don't put ME in charge of that...doubt th... Jul 24 2009, 11:57 PM dvandorn I think in the case of impacts onto gas giants, th... Jul 25 2009, 12:27 AM nprev Yeah, I was thinking about "astrobleme" ... Jul 25 2009, 12:44 AM |
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