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2010 Jupiter impact event

Impact event

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|reported death(s) = The 2010 Jupiter impact event was a bolide impact event on Jupiter by an object estimated to be about 8 – in diameter. 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. Wesley is the same person who had been first to report the 2009 Jupiter impact event.

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

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

References

Hueso, R.. (2010). "First Earth-based Detection of a Superbolide on Jupiter". The Astrophysical Journal.
Sayanagi, Kunio M.. (3 June 2010). "Jupiter hit by another impactor Thursday". [[Ars Technica]].
Bakich, Michael. (4 June 2010). "Another impact on Jupiter". [[Astronomy Magazine]] online.
"Jupiter 2020 by Chris Go".
(5 June 2010). "Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley films Jupiter impact". The Daily Telegraph.
Rogers, John H.. "New impact on Jupiter before & after". British Astronomical Association.
(9 September 2010). "WITHOUT A TRACE – A FLASH IN JUPITER'S SKY". [[Gemini Observatory]].
"Optical flash on Jupiter".
Beatty, Kelly. (22 August 2010). "Another Flash on Jupiter!". Sky Publishing.

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