Third Jupiter Fireball Spotted——Sky-Watching Army Needed?

National Geographic ^ | 8/24/10 | Andrew Fazekas

[SunkenCiv]

Squeezed this fullsize graphic to 400 pixel width for everyone's convenience.

I think we have Fred Nerks to thank for the original URL of this?

Anyway, the red lines show the orbits of the dozens of small moons of Jupiter which move retrograde, orbits generally considered to be diagnostic of capture. These entered the narrow sweet spot between falling into Jupiter and being chucked out of the Solar System by Jupiter.

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[Fred Nerks]

...I think we have Fred Nerks to thank for the original URL of this?

...and I was under the impression I had stolen it from you...

Ancient Greek mythology asserts that the goddess Athena sprang from the head of Zeus, and I'm hoping to be a witness if it happens again.

[SunkenCiv]

Shh. Someone will figure out we’re the same person. ;’)

[windsorknot]

Jumpin’ Jupiter! I love the astronomy posts.

[bert]

As Jupiter attracts debris, it grows. As it grows the attractive force on earth increases pulling it further from the sun and the destructive forces of global cooling.

[Eye of Unk]

Maybe someone will make a movie about jupiter becoming the second sun in our solar system. Oh wait, its been done.

Or maybe another 2001 A Space Odyssey, Part 3?

[Fred Hayek]

Third Jupiter Fireball Spotted Causing Earth Global Warming

No, Jupiter Fireballs are caused by man-made global warming, and BushCheneyRoveHalliburton.

[Bellflower]

Thank The LORD that other planets act as our shield.