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Uploaded by on Jun 4, 2010

Veteran amateur astronomers Anthony Wesley of Australia and Christopher Go of the Philippines have independently observed an impact event on Jupiter. The strike occurred at 20:31 UT on June 3rd and produced a bright flash of light in the giant planet's cloud tops. Anthony Wesley has pinpointed the impact site at Jovian latitude minus 16.1°, and central meridian longitudes CM1: 300°, CM2: 33.8° and CM3: 210.4°.

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  • O_O woa...that was a friking huge explosion, it would destroy us all if it would have been the earth instead of jupiter

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