2010 Jupiter impact event explained

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The 2010 Jupiter impact event was a bolide impact event on Jupiter by an object estimated to be about 8m–13mm (26feet–43feetm) in diameter.[1] The impactor may have been an asteroid, comet, centaur, extinct comet, or temporary satellite capture.

Observation

The impact happened 3 June 2010, and was recorded and first reported by amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley from Australia. The event was confirmed by Christopher Go at the Philippines, who recorded the event and released a video.[2] [3] [4] Wesley is the same person who had been first to report the 2009 Jupiter impact event.

The observed flash lasted about two seconds.[2] [5] It was located in the South Equatorial Belt, about fifty degrees from the central meridian.[6] The June 2010 superbolide impactor probably measured between 8mand13mm (26feetand43feetm) across, with a mass between 500and.[7] Jupiter probably gets hit by several objects of this size each year.[7]

On 20 August 2010 UT, yet another flash event was detected on Jupiter.[8] As of 23 August two other observers had recorded the same event.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Hueso . R. . A. Wesley . C. Go . S. Pérez-Hoyos . M. H. Wong . L. N. Fletcher . A. Sánchez-Lavega . M. B. E. Boslough . I. de Pater . G. S. Orton . First Earth-based Detection of a Superbolide on Jupiter . The Astrophysical Journal . 721 . 2 . 2010 . L129–L133 . 10.1088/2041-8205/721/2/L129 . 1009.1824. 2010ApJ...721L.129H . 37619282 . etal.
  2. Web site: Jupiter hit by another impactor Thursday . Kunio M. . Sayanagi . 3 June 2010. 4 June 2010 . Ars Technica. https://web.archive.org/web/20100605113554/http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/06/breaking-news-jupiter-hit-by-yet-another-impactor.ars. 5 June 2010 . live.
  3. Web site: Another impact on Jupiter. 4 June 2010. Michael. Bakich. Astronomy Magazine online. 4 June 2010.
  4. Web site: Jupiter 2020 by Chris Go. www.christone.net.
  5. News: Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley films Jupiter impact . The Daily Telegraph . 5 June 2010. 4 June 2010.
  6. Web site: New impact on Jupiter before & after . John H. . Rogers . 4 June 2010 . British Astronomical Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20100609231034/http://alpo-j.asahikawa-med.ac.jp/kk10/j100604r.htm . 9 June 2010 . dead .
  7. Web site: 9 September 2010 . WITHOUT A TRACE – A FLASH IN JUPITER'S SKY . . 9 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100918072147/http://www.gemini.edu/node/11527. 18 September 2010 . live.
  8. Web site: Optical flash on Jupiter . 23 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100825010137/http://chiron.mtk.nao.ac.jp/watanabe/optical-flash-on-jupiter. 25 August 2010 . live.
  9. Web site: Another Flash on Jupiter!. Beatty. Kelly. 22 August 2010. Sky & Telescope. Sky Publishing. Masayuki Tachikawa was observing ... 18:22 Universal Time on the 20th ... Kazuo Aoki posted an image ... Ishimaru of Toyama prefecture observed the event. 23 August 2010. 27 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100827180208/http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/101264994.html. dead.

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