Wednesday, March 30, 2016

“Something” collided with Jupiter – Virtual Poland


 
  The event was observed by an amateur – astronomer March 17, 2016 year. An object – perhaps a comet or asteroid – hit the largest planet of the Solar System.

 
 The incident took place near one of the cloud belts of Jupiter known as the North Equatorial Belt. He caught them Gerrit Kernbauer of Modling in Austria. Observation used a telescope-type Newton aperture of 20 cm, equipped with a CCD detector to observe the planet.

 
 So far we do not know many details. In the above cutscene, we see a sudden flash, which most likely is the result of a collision. Further research scientists show what really hit the planet, and whether there has left some traces.

 
 
 Paul Chodas – expert from asteroids NASA – commented the event the website Space.com, where he stated that “probably caused the explosion of an asteroid. There are there just a lot more than comets. Although I must admit that this is speculation at the moment.”

 
 
 Jupiter is the largest planet of the Solar System. Its mass 2.5 times greater than the mass of all the planets in our solar system. For this reason, regularly attracts comets and asteroids. The most famous collision has been hitting the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 – summer of 1994 year. The body was torn into several pieces and left on the gas giant seen for some time spots.

 
  Source: space / iflscience / wikipedia
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