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Jupiter

Amateur astronomers spot new impact on Jupiter

Andrew Jones
Space.com
Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:09 UTC
This gas giant regularly absorbs hits from comets and asteroids, protecting inner solar system worlds.
Jupiter
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Jupiter just got smacked by a small celestial body, according to amateur astronomers.

The impact occurred at 1:45 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Aug. 29 (1645 GMT on Aug. 28). An account affiliated with the Organized Autotelescopes for Serendipitous Event Survey (OASES) project and Planetary Observation Camera for Optical Transient Surveys (PONCOTS) system posted about the event on X, formerly known as Twitter, alerting of a flash observed in Jupiter's atmosphere. The post also called on observers to check their own footage.

MASA Planetary Log later shared footage showing a brief burst of light coming from Jupiter that was associated with an apparent comet or asteroid impact. Another independent observation was made by a Chinese amateur astronomer in the city of Zhengzhou, Henan province, showing a flash in the same spot on Jupiter's dense, turbulent atmosphere.

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Meteor fireball over Irkutsk Oblast, Russia on August 29


lenta.ru
Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:53 UTC
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In Angarsk , Irkutsk region, an intercom camera captured video footage of a meteorite flying over the region. They are published by IrkutskMedia on its page on VKontakte .

The footage shows a celestial body that flies over a house in the Russian region and disappears behind it. This is accompanied by a light flash.

Director of the ISU Astronomical Laboratory Sergey Yazev , whose words are reported by RIA Novosti , considered that the celestial body was unlikely to have reached the earth - it most likely burned up in the atmosphere.

Prior to this, on April 7, an unknown object flew in the sky over the Ust-Kutsky district of the Irkutsk region and got on the video of outdoor surveillance cameras. City authorities suggested that it was a meteorite or a fragment from it. The fall of the meteorite was accompanied by a bright flash, some residents confused it with a rocket, which caused a little panic.


(Translated by Google)
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Meteor fireball over California, Arizona and Nevada on August 28


American Meteor Society
Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:20 UTC
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We received 57 reports about a fireball seen over AZ, CA and NV on Monday, August 28th 2023 around 04:26 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.

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Meteor fireball over Colorado and nearby states on August 27


American Meteor Society
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:54 UTC
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We received 81 reports about a fireball seen over CO, NE, NM, UT and WY on Sunday, August 27th 2023 around 09:30 UT.

For this event, we received 8 videos and one photo.

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Meteor fireball over Montana, Wyoming and Saskatchewan on August 24


American Meteor Society
Sat, 26 Aug 2023 10:46 UTC
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© Ryan H.
We received 15 reports about a fireball seen over MT, Saskatchewan and WY on Thursday, August 24th 2023 around 04:34 UT.

For this event, we received one video and 2 photos.

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Amazing meteor fireball over Morocco on August 20


Meteoroides.net
Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:39 UTC
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The superb fireball in this video was recorded from Spain on August 20, at 3:56 local time (equivalent to 1:56 universal time). It was brighter than the full Moon. The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from an asteroid that hit the atmosphere at about 61,000 km/h. The fireball overflew Morocco. It began at an altitude of about 97 km over the locality of Ibouhjarene, moved southeast, and ended at a height of around 31 km over the locality of Beni Oukil.

This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Huelva, La Hita (Toledo), Calar Alto, Sierra Nevada, La Sagra (Granada), and Sevilla. The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).

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New Comet C/2023 P1


Spaceweather.com
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:11 UTC
A hyperbolic comet is falling into our solar system. Japanese amateur astronomer Hideo Nishimura discovered it just a few days ago in the constellation Gemini. Although it is relatively dim right now (magnitude +9), Comet Nishimura (C/2023 P1) could soon brighten more than 100-fold to become a naked-eye object in mid-September.
Comet C/2023 P1
© Dan BartlettA sky map with an inset photo of the comet from Dan Bartlett of June Lake, CA
A "hyperbolic comet" is a comet with too much energy to remain trapped inside the solar system. It will visit us only once, with the sun acting as a gravitational slingshot, sending the comet hurtling back into deep space after its flyby. Does that mean Comet Nishimura is an interstellar comet? Not necessarily. It might have come from the Oort Cloud. Indeed, that is more likely.
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Meteor fireball over Colorado and nearby states on August 15


American Meteor Society
Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:29 UTC
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We received 54 reports about a fireball seen over CO, KS, NE, NM and TX on Tuesday, August 15th 2023 around 02:54 UT.

For this event, we received one video and one photo.

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Meteor fireball over England and Wales on August 11


American Meteor Society
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:44 UTC
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We received 16 reports about a fireball seen over England and Wales on Friday, August 11th 2023 around 22:25 UT.

For this event, we received one video.

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Meteor fireball over France and nearby countries on August 9


American Meteor Society
Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:20 UTC
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We received 185 reports about a fireball seen over Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Île-de-France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Bretagne, Centre-Val de Loire, England, Fribourg, Genève, Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, Normandie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, Pays de la Loire, Vlaams Gewest and Zeeland on Wednesday, August 9th 2023 around 20:39 UT.

For this event, we received one video and 2 photos.
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