Impact on Jupiter, June 3, 2010

[Andy44]

Maybe it wasn't an asteroid. Maybe Gallieo's RTG finally reached crush depth! :rofl:

 

[T.Neo]

Maybe it wasn't an asteroid. Maybe Gallieo's RTG finally reached crush depth! :rofl:

:rofl:

There are plenty of conspiracy theorists that claim that Galileo's deorbit was a test for it's nuke, uh, RTG, and that NASA plans to do the same to Saturn with Cassini to ignite it into a second sun...

 

[Sky Captain]

Awesome, this is first major impact event ever caught on video.

Or maybe the impact was caused by some unlucky orbinaut miscalculating the insertion burn into Jupiter orbit.

 

[N_Molson]

Jupiter is a nice giant-magnet. It's huge field of gravity is doing great job at capturing asteroids. Since there is a finite amount of solid matter in the solar system, that's one less threat for us !

 

[bwog]

Is that in real time? If so, it dissappeared pretty quick.

 

[Andy44]

Is that in real time? If so, it dissappeared pretty quick.

You know, I was thinking the same thing. You'd think an earth-sized blast would create a large cloud that would linger for a long time, hours maybe, not seconds.

 

[supersonic]

I think it would literally get blow away by Jupiter's wind in seconds.

 

[rodion_herrera]

Chris' raw video is faster because it's in real time. Here is the link to the raw vid:

http://spaceweather.com/swpod2010/03jun10/jupiterimpact.wmv?PHPSESSID=8t94lh94emusuaq197gdrl6400

I slowed it down on my YouTube version.

Anthony is reportedly processing his own video of the event, but no word yet on release.

-RODION

 

[supersonic]

That is cool how the real time blew away so fast!

 

[rodion_herrera]

Oops, looks like I came in late...here's Anthony's video:

http://jupiter.samba.org/jupiter/20100603-203129-impact/jupiter-fireball-20100603.avi

-RODION

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Astronomy Now: "Meteor to blame for Jupiter flash".

SpaceRef: "Mysterious Flash on Jupiter Left no Debris Cloud".

 

[statickid]

cool!