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Something May Have Just Hit Jupiter
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.
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.
Let's all sing another round of Super Comet Fragment Impact Extra-Large Explosions by Kare and Higgins.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
So, I should cancel my plans to land on Europa?
[Insert pithy quote here]
and a dark spot is noticed on Jupiter...
Now where did i put that monolith...
Laters Sol "Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"
"something may have hit jupiter" and left a black mark...but jupiter inisists she just fell eye-first on the coffee table!
VLC FOR MAC IS DYING! IF YOU DEVELOP, PLEASE SAVE IT!!
Yeah, but if we didn't see this one coming, what if next time the gas giants don't do their job? T-Rex says "Only humans can prevent global extintion level events."
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!
- "Hear that?! The percolations are imminent! Cease your ingress!"
Jupiter's been impacted many many times before.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
Who will be the first to register "Jupiter-aid.com" to collect donations for the stricken Jupiterians?
All these planets are yours
except Europa
Attempt no landi- hang on, what the fu#$(@*$&
NO CARRIER
If I pay Jupiter to catch rocks, then he has a job.
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...
And the space station toilet is broken. Coincidence?
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
All we have to do is put an astronaut in a chair near Ballmer and then tell him Google just hired Gates!
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.
There goes the neighborhood!
I have something in common with Stephen Hawking...
When was the last time Jupiter cashed one of his paychecks?
I have new hope for Slashdot and the Internet in general.
Let's all sing another round of Super Comet Fragment Impact Extra-Large Explosions by Kare and Higgins.
Let's not.
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!
Very cool that it was captured (by an Aussie)
Free the asteroid! Free the asteroid!
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.
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
Issues!? Seems to me it's got an entire subscription
And I knew I should never have given my girlfriend the keys to the asteroid...
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
You mean like the jackasses who insist the universe is 6000 years old?
http://www.satirewire.com/news/aug02/jupiter.shtml
" 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.
Need Mercedes parts ?
Took me a few second to realized why the south pole is on top of the image. The guy is in Australia.
The only possible interpretation of any research whatever in the 'social sciences' is: some do, some don't
Out of interest, where else have you watched documentaries?
Ant.
Folks, let's hear it for Ant. He'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress!