New Black Spot on Jupiter (July 19, 2009)

[rodsky]

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Impact mark on Jupiter, 19th July 2009

New black spot on Jupiter | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine


(image credits: Anthony Wesley)

Too bad Chris is in Shanghai for the eclipse. His C11 could image this very well.

-RODION

[ethzneuron]

more links for this event:

A Huge New Blot on Jupiter, Found By an Amateur

Jupiter sports new 'bruise' from impact



Infrared observations taken at the Keck II telescope in Hawaii reveal a bright spot where the impact occurred. The spot looks black at visible wavelengths (Image: Paul Kalas/Michael Fitzgerald/Franck Marchis/UC Berkeley/SETI Institute)

[chad_tukes]

Seeing an Earth-sized spot appear so tiny on Jupiter's surface led to some to wonder Tuesday whether our planet might be in danger of a similar collision.

But Wesley said that shouldn't be a concern because Jupiter functions almost like a celestial vacuum cleaner, sucking up any objects that would be of danger to Earth and its neighbors.

Mystery impact leaves Earth-size mark on Jupiter - CNN.com

[COMCAM]

gives me the creeps upon knowing this. kagamay ra tawn ang kalibutan sa saturn

[handsoff241]

WOW!, did the spot occured on July 19 or was it just discovered on july 19?

[chken]

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the sharpest visible-light picture yet of atmospheric debris from an object that collided with Jupiter on July 19. The image was taken with the Wide Field Camera 3. The new camera, installed by the astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis in May.

NASA - Hubble Space Telescope Captures Rare Jupiter Collision

[rodsky]

Just think--if this was a comet or asteroid, then no one saw it coming.

Likewise, if there's a comet or asteroid with earth's name on it, there's a chance that not a single human being is looking at it now and/or plotting its course.

NEO's (near-earth objects) are a menace, yet people don't care. Which is fine.

Bring on Armageddon.

-RODION