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Old 20-07-2009, 02:33 AM
bird (Anthony Wesley)
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Jupiter impact confirmed by JPL

All,

It seems that Jupiter has been hit by something, much like the shoemaker-levy impacts in 1994, a prominent black spot has appeared.

This one is near the south pole, it wasn't there 2 days ago when I saw this area last, so it's happened very recently!

Image coming soon, but if you're up, go have a look at Jupiter :-)

More to come I'm sure...

cheers, Bird

http://jupiter.samba.org

update: Glenn Orton from JPL has used the NASA Infrared Telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea to confirm that this is an impact and not a local weather event.

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