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Amateur astronomer spots another Jupiter strike (AP)

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This image provided by Anthony Wesley shows an amateur astronomer's view of Jupiter Thursday June 3, 2010, who said he witnessed a bright flash, upper left, from an object hitting the Jovian surface. The discovery was confirmed by another amateur skygazer in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Anthony Wesley)AP – Jupiter has gotten whacked again.

On Jupiter something happened on 03 against 05/04/2010

An amateur astronomer in Australia peering at the giant gas planet Thursday reported witnessing a bright flash from an object hitting Jupiter and apparently burning up in the atmosphere.

“When I saw the flash, I couldn’t believe it,” said amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley. “The fireball lasted about 2 seconds and was very bright.”

Wesley, a computer programmer with a good reputation among professional astronomers, alerted the cosmic collision to professional and amateur sky-gazers. The discovery was later confirmed by another amateur astronomer in the Philippines…

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