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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