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Astronomy Picture of The Day
Posted on 9/17/21 at 4:58 am
Posted on 9/17/21 at 4:58 am
Video: Flash on Jupiter
Video Credit & Copyright: T. Humbert, S. Barré, A. Desmougin & D. Walliang (Société Lorraine d'Astronomie), Astroqueyras
There has been a flash on Jupiter. A few days ago, several groups monitoring our Solar System's Largest Planet noticed a two-second long burst of light. Such flashes have been seen before with the most famous being a series of impactor strikes in 1994. Then, fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 struck Jupiter leaving dark patches that lasted for months. Since then, at least seven impacts have been recorded on Jupiter -- usually discovered by amateur astronomers. In the featured video, variations in the Earth's atmosphere cause Jupiter's image to shimmer when, suddenly, a bright flash appears just left of center. Io and its shadow are visible on the right. What hit Jupiter will likely never be known, but considering what we do know of the nearby Solar System, it was likely a piece of rocky and ice -- perhaps the size of a bus -- that broke off long-ago from a passing comet or asteroid
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Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:16 am to pioneerbasketball
I came here to see Uranus. I am disappoint.
(Just kidding, that’s really cool)
(Just kidding, that’s really cool)
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:39 am to pioneerbasketball
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Flash on Jupiter
Looks like my wife left another light on
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:44 am to pioneerbasketball
It’s civilization on Jupiter signaling to us Covid has reached us and we have no clue what to do. Send help and bring masks.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 6:03 am to pioneerbasketball
To create that much light, it had to be a massive impact.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 6:04 am to pioneerbasketball
People from Poli board will say it's fake.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 6:05 am to Wtodd
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Looks like my wife left another light on
Does any woman know a light's capability of turning off?
Posted on 9/17/21 at 6:06 am to pioneerbasketball
There goes Jupiter's dinosaurs
Posted on 9/17/21 at 6:16 am to East Coast Band
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Does any woman know a light's capability of turning off?
I've never met one
Posted on 9/17/21 at 7:07 am to East Coast Band
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Does any woman know a light's capability of turning off?
Or the money that could be saved.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 8:07 am to pioneerbasketball
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perhaps the size of a bus
That Ms Frizzle takes her classes on the wildest field trips.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 8:08 am to mtntiger
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To create that much light, it had to be a massive impact.
Or an electrical discharge.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 8:09 am to scuppernong
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People from Poli board will say it's fake.
Pretty easy to spot millennial democrats on this site.
Its a very cool picture, and you're worried about the poli board.
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