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Jupiter Smashed, Leaving Scar, NASA Confirms

Posted July 21, 2009 10:09 AM

From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel:

Fifteen years after being battered by Comet Shoemaker-Levy, Jupiter has drawn the fire of another renegade body. A dark scar near the planet's southern polar region, first noticed by an amateur astronomer in Australia, is believed to have been caused by a comet crashing into the giant planet.

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07/21/2009 10:37 AM

Did no-one call Bruce Willis?

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Re: Jupiter Smashed, Leaving Scar, NASA Confirms

07/21/2009 12:26 PM

Hmmm. I think it's just another one of Intergalactic Collision Insurance Co.'s viral marketing campaigns.

Expect a series of annoying telemarketing calls next week from the general vicinity of the Crab Nebula.
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07/21/2009 6:39 PM

Smug humans. Wake up tomorrow, will you not?

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07/21/2009 11:13 PM

A news report I read on BBC I believe said the "comet" was the size of the earth.

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07/22/2009 4:45 AM

From the article:

"The impact site has spread now to a region about the size of Earth, Wesley said."

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07/22/2009 7:10 AM

That would be a bit of a mess. It's a good job Jupiter doesn't have a solid surface...

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07/22/2009 9:49 AM

I blame it on the economy.
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