Jupiter with Comet Impact event on 07-24-09 © 2009 John Chumack
Hi ALL,
A new Comet or Asteroid impact mark has suddenly appeared on Jupiter’s Cloud tops.
Some of you may remember the Shoemaker-Levy Comet Impacts on Jupiter 15 years ago, on July 16 – 22, 1994, when 21 comet fragments smacked into Jupiter!
Well, it appears something has hit Jupiter Again! This time only one comet hitting Jupiter, and leaving the telltale dark soot colored mark on Jupiter’s Cloud tops.
There is some speculation as to wether or not this is a left over piece from the Shoemaker- Levy event from 15 years ago.
I guess anything is possible, but we must realize that Jupiter is like the giant Magnet of the Solar system…it continually attracts small solar system bodies like comets and asteroids, due to its immense gravity.
It also protects the inner planets like Earth by providing itself as the largest target for these objects.
Amateur Astronomer Anthony Wesley discovered the impact at approximately 13:30 UTC on 19 July 2009 (almost exactly 15 years after the Jupiter impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, or SL9).
After seeing this recent information across the web..
I decided to take a look to see if I could see the dark impact site on Jupiter. It is visible in small scopes.
Here is my photo of the Comet Impact site on Jupiter captured from my backyard Observatory in Dayton, Ohio.
It was very noticeable as a dark spot on the bright cloud tops in the Southern Hemisphere,
It was about 90 degrees from The Great Red Spot,
in fact you could see it just below the The Little Red Spot Jr. in Jupiter’s Southern Hemisphere.
Here is my shot thru High haze and clouds, from Dayton, Ohio USA.
Captured with a 6″ F8 Cave Reflector telescope and Toucam Pro2 Web camera.
Best Regards,
John Chumack
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