AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR RECORDS POSSIBLE IMPACT EVENT ON JUPITER
Did something just hit Jupiter? On July 19th, a black "scar" appeared in Jupiter's clouds similar to the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts of 1994.
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Confirmed by JPL
Anthony Wesley AKA Bird is the discoverer/imager.<br>A well known planerary imager.<br>Iceinspace member.The impact is known as the Bird Strike.<br>Congrats Anthony Wesley
Anthony, aka Bird used a 14.5" F/5 Newtonian for the images. <br><br>Paul Maxson
Additional info from Franck Marchis' blog at:<br><br>http://www.cosmicdiary.org/blogs/nasa/franck_marchis/?p=404
What gives me pause is that such an apparently large object was in near (?) Earth orbit, and no one was aware of its presence until it struck Jupiter. That would have ruined our day had it hit us.
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