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Big Fireball on Jupiter Spotted by Amateur Astronomers
space.com ^ | 06/04/2010 | Space.com staff

Posted on 06/05/2010 6:24:50 AM PDT by Frenchtown Dan

A huge fireball has been spotted on Jupiter in yet another collision from space caught on camera and video by amateur astronomers.

The new Jupiter crash occurred on June 3 at 20:31 UT (4:31 p.m. Eastern Time) and was spotted by skywatcher Anthony Wesley in Australia and fellow amateur astronomer Christopher Go in the Philippines.

Wesley's photos show the Jupiter fireball blazing in the atmosphere of the gas giant planet. So far, no visible scar in the clouds has been reported from the event.

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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; jupiter
Lucky for us we have the big planets in our solar system that take most of the hits.
1 posted on 06/05/2010 6:24:51 AM PDT by Frenchtown Dan
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To: Frenchtown Dan

Cosmic coincidence 597.


2 posted on 06/05/2010 6:27:14 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Frenchtown Dan

that’s why Jupiter is there


3 posted on 06/05/2010 6:36:18 AM PDT by screaming eagle2 (No matter what you call it,a pre-owned automobile is STILL A USED CAR!!!)
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To: Frenchtown Dan

Gas giants hardest hit!


4 posted on 06/05/2010 6:40:48 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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The fireball looks almost the size of Pluto. That probably would have hurt had whatever made it hit here. Three cheers for gas giants!



5 posted on 06/05/2010 6:43:19 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: screaming eagle2

And it’s moons, Saturn and it’s moons, and Neptune, Uranus, and their moons also.
If they weren’t there Earth would probably have been destroyed eons ago.


6 posted on 06/05/2010 6:44:29 AM PDT by Frenchtown Dan
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To: aruanan

I’ll drink to that!!
And being Saturday, I will.


7 posted on 06/05/2010 6:46:43 AM PDT by Frenchtown Dan
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To: Frenchtown Dan
If they weren’t there Earth would probably have been destroyed eons ago.

The day he was sworn in, Obama proclaimed, "Let no asteroid ever hit the Earth." Therefore, the heavens will obey. He and he alone will keep us safe.

8 posted on 06/05/2010 7:49:33 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

Ha, Ha. If nothing else he’s a real comedian. Or perhaps clown is a better description.


9 posted on 06/05/2010 7:55:26 AM PDT by Frenchtown Dan
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Catastrophism
 
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10 posted on 06/05/2010 1:43:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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