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2010 Jupiter impact event

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RE: Impact on Jupiter

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Mystery of the Missing Debris

On June 3rd, 2010, something hit Jupiter. A comet or asteroid descended from the black of space, struck the planet's cloudtops, and disintegrated, producing a flash of light so bright it was visible in backyard telescopes on Earth. Soon, observers around the world were training their optics on the impact site, waiting to monitor the cindery cloud of debris which always seems to accompany a strike of this kind.

They're still waiting.
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No residual scar or black spot recorded by amateurs.

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The impact site will transit Jupiter's central meridian around 2:34 UT, 7th June, 2010.

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After being hit hard by a 500-meter-wide asteroid last year, Jupiter has once again been hit by a bright, Earth-sized fireball rising above the planet's atmosphere on June 3 at 4:31 p. m. ET - the two impacts, hot on the heels of each other put to question the astronomers' belief that Jupiter impacts are very rare.
While the images showing the "bruise" of the last year collision of the asteroid with Jupiter have been captured by the Hubble telescope, the slamming of a space rock this time round was captured by Australia's Anthony Wesley and Philippines' Christopher Go.
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An object that hit Jupiter last year with a force equivalent to a few thousand nuclear bombs, which left it with a scar the size of Pacific Ocean was probably an asteroid, say astronomers.
Images of the "bruise" captured by the Hubble telescope show the aftermath of an asteroid striking a planet.
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A Filipino astronomer is one of two people in the world known to have caught on video an asteroid hitting Jupiter early Friday morning local time that caused a fireball the size of Earth.
Cebu-based Christopher Go, 39, a furniture manufacturer, said that he recorded the video at around 4:30 a.m. Friday.
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An amateur astronomer has spotted an object crashing into the surface of Jupiter for the first time.
Anthony Wesley, an Australian computer programmer, spotted a bright flash and alerted professional and amateur sky-gazers to the unique collision.
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At approximately 20:31:29 utc on the morning on June 3 a large fireball was imaged on Jupiter by two amateur astronomers - myself (Anthony Wesley) and Chris Go from the Philippines.
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Video (46Mb, 24 seconds)