07-21-2009, 09:11 AM
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"Something has smashed into Jupiter, leaving behind a black spot in the planet's atmosphere, scientists confirmed on Monday.
This is only the second time such an impact has been observed. The first was almost exactly 15 years ago, when more than 20 fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with the gas giant.
"This has all the hallmarks of an impact event, very similar to Shoemaker-Levy 9," said Leigh Fletcher, an astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. "We're all extremely excited." "
So it would appear that "something" bounced off Jupiter. For some reason,I think it was somewhat Artificial in nature. As in possibly projected.
If so,I think that's great. Next stop, I hope, is Earth. After all we could use a wake up round' here. Especially as all sat data is now classified, we'll never know what's comming.
"Something has smashed into Jupiter, leaving behind a black spot in the planet's atmosphere, scientists confirmed on Monday.
This is only the second time such an impact has been observed. The first was almost exactly 15 years ago, when more than 20 fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with the gas giant.
"This has all the hallmarks of an impact event, very similar to Shoemaker-Levy 9," said Leigh Fletcher, an astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. "We're all extremely excited." "
So it would appear that "something" bounced off Jupiter. For some reason,I think it was somewhat Artificial in nature. As in possibly projected.
If so,I think that's great. Next stop, I hope, is Earth. After all we could use a wake up round' here. Especially as all sat data is now classified, we'll never know what's comming.