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defacto7

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16. will do!
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 06:41 PM
Sep 2012

There are a couple of possibilities that I see. This is a projectile of relatively light consistency at a very high speed hitting at an almost 90 degree angle making an explosion on the outer atmosphere. I would imagine it would not make much of a mark because it seems to spread out at a very high speed from the impact and I mean possibly 300,000 MPH. Just from this video is seems to me the projected material is going at about the diameter of the earth per second. It's that speed that gets me. The pixelization issue I suppose could simply be his camera. Another more bizarre possibility would be that it's a tiny piece of antimatter at immense speed exploding on the outer atmosphere. In that case, there would be a lot of scientists watching for particles passing earth for confirmation.

I'm such a sceptic... I'm still not convinced. We'll see. I'd be glad to be wrong.

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Amateur astronomers rule! longship Sep 2012 #2
Some day, when I'm rich. tridim Sep 2012 #5
I'm looking for a good, relatively inexpensive scope TrogL Sep 2012 #8
I love spaceweather. xxqqqzme Sep 2012 #3
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That was actually the ball Bill Clinton hit out of the Convention Center. Scuba Sep 2012 #6
Scuba Diclotican Sep 2012 #7
!!! siligut Sep 2012 #23
We are very fortunate. ChazInAz Sep 2012 #9
Yep. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #11
"Terrorism is not suspected." tclambert Sep 2012 #10
I'm into astronomy and I hope it's real. defacto7 Sep 2012 #12
Lot of eyeballs will be focused tonight LunaSea Sep 2012 #15
will do! defacto7 Sep 2012 #16
Patience... LunaSea Sep 2012 #19
Yes... Master... yes defacto7 Sep 2012 #22
It is being reported... defacto7 Sep 2012 #13
nice having a bigger target around. like a tax audit... grok Sep 2012 #14
... muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #17
It's just 'ole Jupiter doing its job... nikto Sep 2012 #18
You do remember Orson Wells version of 'War of the Worlds' started with explosions seen on Mars... LunaSea Sep 2012 #20
Jupiter is the Solar System's vacuum cleaner. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #21
And Bach's Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in minor was heard throughout the galaxy siligut Sep 2012 #24
absolutely beautiful! defacto7 Sep 2012 #25
Anymore updates on this phenomenon ? defacto7 Sep 2012 #26
none that I've found LunaSea Sep 2012 #27
OK then... defacto7 Sep 2012 #28
It seems NASA is confirming the hit on Jupiter defacto7 Oct 2012 #29
For a second I thought I was in a religion group and someone was attacking Zeus/Jupiter. Tyrs WolfDaemon Oct 2012 #30
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