TOKYO –
Space Observer in Japan captured a flash of light in the planet’s northern hemisphere atmosphere possibly caused by an asteroid hitting Jupiter.
The incident that occurred on October 15 was then uploaded in the form of a video on the Twitter account @yotsuyubi21. He said the event was captured with the Celestron C6 telescope.
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“Blitz feels like it’s been shining for a very long time to me,” he said.
This incident was later confirmed by a team led by Ko Arimatsu, an astronomer at Japan’s Kyoto University who took part in the Organized Autotelescopes for Serendipitous Event Survey (OASES) project.
According to a tweet posted by the project, the observations include two different types of light, visible and infrared, which givei Jupiter terrible pink light.
The planet Jupiter itself regularly experiences such impacts due to the strong gravitational pull associated with its mass.
Smaller objects, such as asteroids dotting the solar system, can easily be pulled into the planet’s thick, turbulent atmosphere.
Several studies have shown that objects as large as 45 meters hit Jupiter every few months. However, because of frequent observational constraints, the most comprehensive monitoring program may only capture one or more impacts per year.
according to Sky & Telescope , That October 15 flash of light hit the planet’s Northern Tropical Zone, just near the southern edge of the Northern Climate Belt.
Observers are not yet sure whether the impact left any debris that scientists can monitor.
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