Something May Have Just Hit Jupiter 299
The blog of Anthony Wesley, an Australian amateur astronomer, has what may be the first photos of a recent comet or asteroid impact on Jupiter, near the south pole. These photos are 11 hours old. The ones at the bottom of the page show three small dark spots in addition to the main dark mark. The Bad Astronomy blog picked up the story a few hours later — but cautions that what we're seeing may not be an impact event. This is all reminiscent of the closely watched impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy on Jupiter in 1994.
Just hit jupiter (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, just up and hit it. No warning, no reason, just a wild haymaker out of nowhere. Didn't even see the guy.
Man, that's going to leave a spot.
Super Comet Fragment Impact Very Large Explosions (Score:4, Funny)
Let's all sing another round of Super Comet Fragment Impact Extra-Large Explosions [slashdot.org] by Kare and Higgins.
Dang (Score:5, Funny)
So, I should cancel my plans to land on Europa?
I just hand an thought... (Score:5, Funny)
and a dark spot is noticed on Jupiter...
Now where did i put that monolith...
Re:Dang (Score:5, Funny)
All these worlds are yours, except Europa, attempt no landing there.
She just fell on the coffee table! (Score:4, Funny)
"something may have hit jupiter" and left a black mark...but jupiter inisists she just fell eye-first on the coffee table!
Re:Good to see it doing it's job (Score:5, Funny)
Fuck you Jupiter! (Score:5, Funny)
I found a new dark spot on my pole last week and you don't see me running to the science press about it! media whore!
No, not the first (Score:4, Funny)
Jupiter's been impacted many many times before.
Who will be the first? (Score:4, Funny)
Who will be the first to register "Jupiter-aid.com" to collect donations for the stricken Jupiterians?
Re:Dang (Score:5, Funny)
Something also embedded into Uranus. Good luck with that ;-P
Received transmission: (Score:5, Funny)
All these planets are yours
except Europa
Attempt no landi- hang on, what the fu#$(@*$&
NO CARRIER
Re:She just fell on the coffee table! (Score:4, Funny)
"Great, another planet that doesn't listen..."
Can I use my frequent flier miles to upgrade the seat to hell that I just purchased?
Re:Yep, that's why God put em there (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I just hand an thought... (Score:5, Funny)
Check your lagrange points. I'm always leaving monoliths there. And defining blues-rock trios. Those always show up at my lagrange.
How to solve it (Score:5, Funny)
The math is actually pretty simple to figure this all out.
Given: About 12 weeks ago, Balmer finds out that Netbooks are shipping with Linux.
How much did kinetic energy did the chair possess...
A large dark spot forms on Jupiter... (Score:5, Funny)
And the space station toilet is broken. [msn.com] Coincidence?
Gasp! You've solved our mission to Mars problem! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Good to see it doing it's job (Score:5, Funny)
The gas giants are there to act as a magnet for comets/asteroids etc, so they don't end up near us.
I don't remember that part of Genesis...
Which part do you remember?
I remember Phil Collins great drumming and Peter Gabriels vocals. Of course this was the old Genesis not the reformed one.
Re:Dang (Score:5, Funny)
All these worlds are yours, except Europa, attempt no landing there.
In the real 2010 its more like:
aLL THESE WORLD ARE BELONG TO YOU KK, DO NOT WANT EUROPA THX
Black Spots on Jupiter? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Yep, that's why God put em there (Score:5, Funny)
When was the last time Jupiter cashed one of his paychecks?
Re:Yep, that's why God put em there (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Super Comet Fragment Impact Very Large Explosio (Score:5, Funny)
Let's all sing another round of Super Comet Fragment Impact Extra-Large Explosions by Kare and Higgins.
Let's not.
Re:Yep, that's why God put em there (Score:3, Funny)
Sorry, I could have worded it better. I'm not claiming intelligent design put Jupiter there, merely that Jupiter is doing what Jupiter does, and that this event is nothing out of the ordinary.
Yes, yes, gas giants *will* be gas giants, and all that...there's no such thing as a bad gas giant!
Re:Dang (Score:4, Funny)
In the real 2010 its more like:
aLL THESE WORLD ARE BELONG TO YOU KK, DO NOT WANT EUROPA THX
This is not the moon you're looking for. We can go about our business. Move along.
Re:Yep, that's why God put em there (Score:2, Funny)
Very cool that it was captured (by an Aussie)
Free the asteroid! Free the asteroid!
OMG! Shooting planets out of the sky? (Score:4, Funny)
Where's the safest place to take cover?
Oh, wait. This is probably one time boot camp training will come in handy.
1. Sit down.
2. Place your head between your knees.
3. Kiss your ass "good-bye".
I don't know - that still sounds kinda disgusting - maybe I'll read and think a bit before I do that. Oh. That's right. ALL THE PLANETS have been hit repeatedly. There probably isn't a year that goes by without one being hit. This hit's maybe the biggest ever recorded, but nothing new. Lotsa hits happened before mankind was around to record them.
Phhht.
More non-news. Maybe I'll just catch the re-runs next year.
Re:Hubble! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Or may not have (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yep, that's why God put em there (Score:2, Funny)
You mean like the jackasses who insist the universe is 6000 years old?
Jupiter being naughty again? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Good to see it doing it's job (Score:5, Funny)
" Yes, Phil Collins did great drumming and Peter Gabriel is a great singer, but they are much better apart than they are together. So, the whole Jupiter-Earth combination is kind of an anti-pre-reformed-Genesis."
Holst that thought.
south pole (Score:5, Funny)
Re:No, not the first (Score:3, Funny)
Pretty sure you mean "Uranus".
Re:thats nice and all (Score:5, Funny)
Ant.
Re:thats nice and all (Score:3, Funny)