Asteroid Impact on Jupiter; Anthony Wesley (2010.06.03)

Amateur astronomers Anthony Wesley (whose video this is) 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, 2010 and produced a bright flash of light in the giant planet's cloudtops.

Anthony Wesley: http://acquerra.com.au/astro/
Christopher Go: http://astro.christone.net/

credit: Anthony Wesley (video), NASA (text)

source: http://jupiter.samba.org/jupiter/20100603-203129-impact/index.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Jupiter
• asteroid
• impact

[Saxophonic]

Is it true that, that impact was the size of the pacific ocean?

[djxatlanta]

@Saxophonic - the impact that occurred on 6/3/2010 was from a small asteroid estimated at 10 meters (33 feet) across and created a fireball smaller than the 1908 Tunguska event over Siberia. The impact on 8/20/2010 was about the same size. Now the impact that happened on 7/19/2009 was larger -- about 1 kilometer (3,281 feet across)... and it created a fireball about 190 million sq km (73 million sq mi), which is a larger area than the Pacific Ocean.

[SazzieChan]

I hate people like RenownRecon. This things are fasinating.

[djxatlanta]

@SazzieChan - different strokes for different folks... some people have more curiosity in the natural world than others. And then there are some Debbie Downers that can't be inspired by anything that involves using brain cells. =)

[ddtwenty]

Very appreciated...

Just one question... if I watch this impact event by 4inch telescope, will I notice the flickering light?

[djxatlanta]

@ddtwenty - no. You would need at least a 14-inch telescope, and you would need to be watching Jupiter all night long for months on end to catch an asteroid impact on Jupiter. It's not an every-day occurrence -- probably once every few months.

[Spurfan135]

so thats where my baseball went!

[djxatlanta]

@tuberaider1000 - sweetie, it HAS happened -- and it's been observed three times in the past 13 months, not to mention the comet impact in 1994. I feel sorry for this new generation growing up thinking that everything on YouTube is fake and that there are conspiracies around every corner.

[davife]

How can you distinct between a storm and a asteroid impact? Just curious. Thanks!

[zombiemaster3011]

No its a gas and liquid hydrogen and metal and ice 9

[GhostLink92]

@killya552 It mostly is, but has a solid core that about 20 times the size of Earth.

[killya552]

i thought jupiter was a gas planet?

[TheGhostSaint]

Whats funny is if Jupiter wasn't where it was or even a few thousand KM off to the right/left, 9 out of 10 asteroids that would hit Jupiter, would hit us. So give thanks to this gigantic ball of gas

[kysmelmonge]

Damn the size of the impact is larger than earth!

[matthewgroen]

thnx Jupiter for keepin our hood clean :)

[Tombuutkamp2000]

... i saw my football going up into jupiter xD LOL

[superretrow100]

dude u just put a camra in the freakin telescope and looked at somthing i call tell im not dum

[ButnuggetDoom]

Big bro Jupiter is always watching out