Big Fireball on Jupiter Spotted by Amateur Astronomers

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Big Fireball on Jupiter Spotted by Amateur Astronomers

By SPACE.com Staff

posted: 04 June 2010
08:33 am ET

A huge fireball has been spotted on Jupiter in yet another collision from space caught on camera and video by amateur astronomers.

The new Jupiter crash occurred on June 3 at 20:31 UT (4:31 p.m. Eastern Time) and was spotted by skywatcher Anthony Wesley in Australia and fellow amateur astronomer Christopher Go in the Philippines.

Wesley's photos show the Jupiter fireball blazing in the atmosphere of the gas giant planet. So far, no visible scar in the clouds has been reported from the event.

Wesley described the event as a "large fireball" on his website, where he posted the photos taken from Broken Hill, Australia.

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[Buns_of_Fire]

1. In other news, BP manages to screw up drilling on other planets, too... nt

[WeDidIt]

3. Yep, you ahve to go for a long exposure to capture anything with a telescope

So the fireball had to be bright as hell to even capture it.

[KittyWampus]

2. Amazing capture.

[leeroysphitz]

4. This looks shoped to me. n/t