2023-09-01 22:00:00
Samah Labib wrote Saturday, September 02, 2023 01:00 AM The planet Jupiter was hit hard by a small celestial body, according to amateur astronomers, as an account of the Automated Telescopes for Serendipity Event Survey (OASES) and the Planetary Observation Camera System for Optical Transiting Surveys (PONCOTS) project was published. ) about the event on X, to alert of a flash observed in Jupiter’s atmosphere, and the post called on observers to check their footage. MASA Planetary Log later shared footage showing a short burst of light coming from Jupiter that was associated with an apparent comet or asteroid impact. Another independent observation, made by an amateur Chinese astronomer in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, showed a flash in the same place in the dense atmosphere. The turbulent of Jupiter. MASA Planetary Log, an account belonging to a space buff who particularly enjoys planets and Earth science, told Space.com that they’ve been shooting autopilots to continuously record Jupiter’s surface, and the flashes are emphasized in videos posted to X where they are set Brightness and color balance automatically. Jupiter is frequently subjected to cosmic collisions due to its strong gravity and proximity to the main asteroid belt, most notably the collision of fragments of the fragmented comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in 1994, which created lesions in the atmosphere that were visible to astronomers for months afterward. It is believed that the gas giant plays a major role in protecting the inner solar system from asteroids and comets by attracting and absorbing shocks or throwing potentially dangerous objects into the solar system, and the presence of Jupiter and Saturn in the solar system is credited with helping life on Earth thrive. .
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