It has now been confirmed by a second japanese observer:
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Soon after Tachikawa made his report, Tokyo amateur astronomer Kazuo Aoki realized that he had recorded the fireball, too: The ~800 km separation of the two observers rules out an event near Earth and reinforces the association of the fireball with Jupiter. The most likely explanation: A small comet or asteroid hit the giant planet.
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Source:
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?...h=08&year=2010