Imafe: Chappel Astro/Gizmodo
Posted on 08/09/2019 11:56:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin
An amateur astronomer in Texas captured a rare sight earlier this week when an apparent meteor slammed into Jupiter’s thick upper atmosphere.
On Wednesday, amateur astronomer Ethan Chappel was on the lookout for Perseid meteors, reports ScienceAlert. But his telescope was trained on Jupiter with the camera running. Later, after feeding the data into a software program designed to detect impact flashes, Chappel was alerted to the event.
Looking at the footage, Chappel saw a brief but discernible flash along the western portion of Jupiter’s Southern Equatorial Belt, or SEB.
Later that day, Chappel announced his discovery in a tweet: “Imaged Jupiter tonight. Looks awfully like an impact flash in the SEB.” Chappel released a sharper version of the impact on Thursday, along with a colorized view of the apparent impact.
Imafe: Chappel Astro/Gizmodo
(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...
One less asteroid to keep track of. The scientists have been looking for a way to destroy dangerous asteroids. This is it. Just alter the path slightly so that it ultimately runs into a gas giant or the sun before it hits us.
https://earthsky.org/tonight
Thankyou for running interference for us Jupiter.
Two big gravity wells near the asteroid belt to steer them into Jupiter & Saturn.
Somehow, some way, the media will say this is Trump’s fault.
Hey, this ain’t San Francisco.
Like a Venus into Uranus
Michael Moore was hangliding and got caught in an updraft.
Brian Williams was there
When contacted for comment, Jupiter simply said, “Ah, ‘tis but a flesh wound...”
One down, about 150 million to go.
Better than something big slamming into Uranus.We'd never know.
Objects always enter Uranus from behind.
Yeah, talking extinction-level impact if something like that hit the earth...
It would sink us in the corner pocket of the nearest black hole. Then scratch off to Venus or something.
“It’s just not the same without Jack Horkheimer hanging out on Saturn’s rings.”
Oh man he was the best! Jack Horkheimer and Art Bell made late nights magical.
Shoemaker Levy Comet looks like god playing darts and missed the target.
True. Shoemaker-Levy was impressive.
Do we know what the return of the impact point looks like: The shadow or impact cloud at the same spot after one revolution of Jupiter?
I just spit out a mouthful of food on the laptop. I’m still laughing!!! Hilarious.
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