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Dark impact mark in Jupiters south polar region

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14 years 8 months ago #79644 by bird
Yes, believe it or not, it seems that Jupiter has been hit by something and there is a jet black impact mark near its south pole. Here is an image I captured a couple of hours ago - if you have the chance to get out and see this longitude yourself then you should do it!

This sort of thing doesn't happen very often. The last one I remember was the Shoemaker-Levy impacts in 1994.

regards, Bird
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14 years 8 months ago #79645 by Keith g
Hey nice capture Bird, and a surprise, this will go aroung the newswire quickly!

Keith..

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14 years 8 months ago #79647 by Keith g
Hey Bird, you should rteally report this to CBAT (if you have'nt already) they would be very interested ! B)

www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/HowToReportDiscovery.html

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14 years 8 months ago #79650 by carlobeirnes
Replied by carlobeirnes on topic Re:Dark impact mark in Jupiters south polar region
Hi Anthony,

I sent your email on to the planetary expert's in the UK to have a look. It's looking very likely to be an impact Just waiting on other images to come in later tonight for conformation.

Carl.

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14 years 8 months ago #79651 by DaveGrennan
Replied by DaveGrennan on topic Re:Dark impact mark in Jupiters south polar region
Folks,

Anyone available should image this area TONIGHT. Assuming a System II longitude of 200degrees which is close enough, this would mean athe next transit time would be 2:33am BST. So if you're prepared to give it a go you're images could be extremely important. Especially if this is a transient phenomenon and dissapates quickly.

Regards and Clear Skies,

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14 years 8 months ago #79653 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re:Dark impact mark in Jupiters south polar region
wow, thats amazing, it sure does remind me of the impacts that comet shoemaker-levy made all those years ago..

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