Another Jupiter impact? |
Another Jupiter impact? |
Aug 22 2010, 11:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Obvious coolness of the impact aside, that planet is starting to look like a cartoon character. Seriously, Jupiter, pull yourself together!
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Aug 22 2010, 11:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3225 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Any comparisons between Jupiter and Leela from Futurama is uncalled for. We shan't have that here, good sir.
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Aug 23 2010, 12:03 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
You got something against cartoon characters, Gordan?
Mass media's beginning to pick up the story. Jason, as far as I can tell you & J. Kelly Beatty of Sky & Telescope broke this in English before anyone else...well done! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 23 2010, 02:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1414 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
HST is going to get tired of all the "Quick! Look at Jupiter!"
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Aug 23 2010, 05:51 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2073 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
So this is the 4th know impact event at Jupiter, correct?
Shoemaker-Levy was the first (assuming it was one object to start with), next was in 2009, and now two this year. Talk about taking a pounding! |
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Aug 23 2010, 07:53 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
You got something against cartoon characters, Gordan? Nothing, I just think a respected gas giant should take itself more seriously HST is going to get tired of all the "Quick! Look at Jupiter!" Nothing wrong with that -------------------- |
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Aug 23 2010, 02:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
Maybe we should start adding Impact dates in the Topic Title!
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Aug 23 2010, 05:24 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Liking the cartoon refs, but I can't decide if Jupiter is more like Rocky, taking punch after punch, head knocking backwards, then spitting out blood, grunting "Is that all you've got?" and coming back for more, or Boromir in LOTR, being hit by one orc arrow after another but refusing to go down...
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Aug 23 2010, 06:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3225 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
More like Dr. Manhattan as he is asked to intervene in the Vietnam War, and he just keeps moving, oblivious to all the bullets being shot at him by the tiny (in comparison) Vietnamese soldiers.
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Aug 23 2010, 06:57 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
More like Dr. Manhattan as he is asked to intervene in the Vietnam War, and he just keeps moving, oblivious to all the bullets being shot at him by the tiny (in comparison) Vietnamese soldiers. Nail. On head. Hit. Bullseye. -------------------- |
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Aug 23 2010, 08:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 6-March 07 From: houston, texas Member No.: 1828 |
since we cant monitor every minute, we are likely missing most of these.
dont forget that an equal number of hits is occurring unseen by us on the backside each year! voyager 1/2 looked at the night side. they saw lots of lightning but Im not sure they saw fireballs during their brief peeks. anyone care to dredge up those old photos for a relook? p -------------------- Dr. Paul Schenk, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston TX
http://stereomoons.blogspot.com; http://www.youtube.com/galsat400; http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/schenk/ |
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Aug 23 2010, 09:18 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I'm way ahead of you, Paul Post will come tomorrow.
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Aug 23 2010, 09:54 PM
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Aug 23 2010, 11:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1414 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
Maybe we should start adding Impact dates in the Topic Title! "The Jovian Shooting Gallery." -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Aug 23 2010, 11:55 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Funny you should say that. I almost started a new topic for this latest impact, then realized that it could quickly become ridiculous over the next few years. Suspect we're going to be seeing these pretty often from now on.
EDIT: Paul, I think it's highly probable that members of the ALPO Jupiter section (incl. of course international members) do in fact monitor the planet almost 24/7. If anything, I'd expect the level of monitoring to increase dramatically very soon. The work they can do nowadays compares very favorably with pros. Re nightside monitoring: Wonder if some innovative am might start watching favorably-placed moons for brief flashes... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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