New “Black Spot” on Jupiter discovered by Canberra Region Astronomer
Posted on July 21, 2009 by by jr
According to Boing Boing, local Canberra* amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley has discovered a new black spot on Jupiter on 19th July 2009. This new feature probably marks a recent impact of a comet or asteroid in to the planet’s atmosphere.
* It appears that the observation was actually made just down the road in Murrumbateman.
There are some great photos on the following webpage:
http://jupiter.samba.org/jupiter-impact.html
[update] Media release from NASA.
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thats cool
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Interesting report, specially when you published it before any one else in Canberra or should I say Australia
But how do we know thats not a UFO?
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Slashdot and the US media were across this before the local Australian media – timing and news cycles perhaps?
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Another good article: http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2009/07/jupiters-cosmic-smash-what-does-it-mean-for-earth.html
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