Object Hit Jupiter

[Grand Lander]

Watching news and theres a small video of a metor hitting Jupiter which is epic! Happened recently.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/19299984@N08/7976507568/

Edited September 15, 2012 by Grand Lander

[Hitperson]

Watching news and theres a small video of a metor hitting Jupiter which is epic! Happened recently.

got a link??

[Richy teh space man]

Links to video?

[Enture]

Just found this!

Gizmodo Report

Oh, how I LOVE astronomy and planetary science!

EDIT: io9 Report! And Space.com has something too... Also, we can expect an article from Phil Plait on Bad Astronomy in a few hours, I guess; we just have to wait until morning comes in America...

EDIT 2: Haha, my "space music" playlist, on shuffle, just started to play "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity" as I was posting my latest edit

Edited September 15, 2012 by Enture
new links!

[Grand Lander]

Really awesome it got court on video!

[Nibb31]

Impressive! Imagine the size of those plumes could engulf Earth.

Also, search for the Shoemaker Levy comet that hit Jupiter in 1994.

[LaydeeDem]

It was obviously Nova or one of the experimental testers showing off that they can land on Jool.

[Yuri Kargarin]

It was obviously Nova or one of the experimental testers showing off that they can land on Jool.

I agree with that. But the landing itself doesn't look to successful:D

[ShroomOfDoom]

I agree with that. But the landing itself doesn't look to successful:D

It was a true Kerbal landing

[kahlzun]

Scary part is that fireball was probably half the size of earth...

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[bsalis]

Jupiter attracts this kind of trouble.

[Awaras]

Jupiter attracts this kind of trouble.

Yeah, if it wasn't for Jupiter, Earth would have been hit with asteroids far more often.

[rasheed]

i think this should go in off-topic. get a mod to move it.

[Vanamonde]

Jupiter attracts this kind of trouble.

It's in kind of a dicey neighborhood, too.

[Grand Lander]

Jupiter is our 1st defence of the Earth.

Jupiters an asteroid magnet.

[softweir]

i think this should go in off-topic. get a mod to move it.

Indeed - and moved.

If people think threads should be moved then it is best to PM a moderator, rather than leaving a post and hoping they will read it. Don't use the report post button, that is best reserved for rule breaches and urgent stuff.

Many thanks!

[Enture]

Haha, told you Phil Plait would write about it! Here's his article.