Amateur astronomers Anthony Wesley (whose video this is) of Australia and Christopher Go of the Philippines have independently observed an impact event on Jupiter. The strike occurred at 20:31 UT on June 3rd, 2010 and produced a bright flash of light in the giant planet’s cloudtops.

Anthony Wesley: http://acquerra.com.au/astro/
Christopher Go: http://astro.christone.net/

credit: Anthony Wesley (video), NASA (text)

via : Asteroid Impact on Jupiter; Anthony Wesley (2010.06.03)

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