1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

Large impact on Jupiter -- First images from Hubble

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by KingCheetah, Jul 25, 2009.

Page 2 of 2
  1. Al Calavicci

    Al Calavicci Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2009
    Messages:
    1,243
    Likes Received:
    87
    Somebody done blowed a hole in the Jupiter

    Noooo
     
    #21 Al Calavicci, Jul 25, 2009
  2. Landlord Landry

    Landlord Landry Member

    Joined:
    Mar 3, 2008
    Messages:
    6,857
    Likes Received:
    296
    Kinda looks like Anne Hatheway's sushi.
     
    #22 Landlord Landry, Jul 25, 2009
  3. Al Calavicci

    Al Calavicci Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2009
    Messages:
    1,243
    Likes Received:
    87
    +1 theoretical rep
     
    #23 Al Calavicci, Jul 25, 2009
  4. dkoune

    dkoune Rookie

    Joined:
    Jun 26, 2008
    Messages:
    2,853
    Likes Received:
    770

    Do you think several football fields can cause a hole that big? I don't think it can. I read it somewhere on yahoo.
     
    #24 dkoune, Jul 25, 2009
  5. Royals Ego

    Royals Ego Member

    Joined:
    Oct 17, 2007
    Messages:
    4,744
    Likes Received:
    154
    shouldnt professionals be predicting these things before an amateur evens sees it unfold?
     
    #25 Royals Ego, Jul 25, 2009
  6. BetterThanI

    BetterThanI Member

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2007
    Messages:
    4,181
    Likes Received:
    381
    Really?
    [​IMG]
    Wow. Who knew?
     
    #26 BetterThanI, Jul 26, 2009
  7. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2002
    Messages:
    60,143
    Likes Received:
    54,517
    Amateurs spot these types of things then report them in -- just like if they saw an undiscovered comet or asteroid. Then the pros spot them with the big scopes at the observatories. On any particular night there are thousands of scopes pointed at Jupiter, Saturn, and other well known objects in the sky. Some folks are out there with the specific purpose of searching for and finding an undiscovered comet.
    _____

    Fmullegun I have a 6" Newtonian reflector.
     
    #27 KingCheetah, Jul 26, 2009
  8. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2002
    Messages:
    60,143
    Likes Received:
    54,517
    He didn't discover the impact - he just inspired my love of astronomy.
     
    #28 KingCheetah, Jul 26, 2009
  9. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2002
    Messages:
    60,143
    Likes Received:
    54,517
    Click the link for the big version -- if we were able to see something like this it would be incredible.

    [​IMG]

    Most photographs don't adequately portray the magnificence of the Sun's corona. Seeing the corona first-hand during a total solar eclipse is best. The human eye can adapt to see features and extent that photographic film usually cannot. Welcome, however, to the digital age. The above picture is a combination of thirty-three photographs that were digitally processed to highlight faint features of a total eclipse that occurred in March of 2006. The images of the Sun's corona were digitally altered to enhance dim, outlying waves and filaments. Shadow seekers need not fret, though, since as yet there is no way that digital image processing can mimic the fun involved in experiencing a total solar eclipse. Last week, a spectacular total solar eclipse occurred over southern Asia, while the The next total solar eclipse will be visible from the South Pacific on 2010 July 11.

    link
     
    #29 KingCheetah, Jul 26, 2009
  10. rocketsjudoka

    rocketsjudoka Member

    Joined:
    Jul 24, 2007
    Messages:
    58,259
    Likes Received:
    48,535
    Not if it crashed into Jupiter.
     
    #30 rocketsjudoka, Jul 26, 2009
  11. rocketsjudoka

    rocketsjudoka Member

    Joined:
    Jul 24, 2007
    Messages:
    58,259
    Likes Received:
    48,535
    Pretty cool to see the pictures but I'm guessing that stuff like this happens a lot to Jupiter.

    I read that one of the theories regarding why life is able to happen on Earth is that having a system with large gas giants they are able to capture a lot of the debris left over from the creation of the solar system so shielding planets like Earth from a lot more impacts.
     
    #31 rocketsjudoka, Jul 26, 2009
  12. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2002
    Messages:
    60,143
    Likes Received:
    54,517
    Jupiter does grab a lot of comets that get to close -- Shoemaker-Levy orbited the planet for decades before finally being ripped apart and slamming into the surface.

    [​IMG]

    I think Jupiter's major trash collecting duties were obviously in the early formation of our planet and solar system -- really not a lot of stuff still out there in the grand scheme of things.
     
    #32 KingCheetah, Jul 26, 2009
  13. Ottomaton

    Ottomaton Member
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 2000
    Messages:
    20,059
    Likes Received:
    17,197
    Lets see...

    2009...

    black spot on Jupiter...

    We are right on schedule.

    <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vhMYgq-0cGI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vhMYgq-0cGI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
     
    #33 Ottomaton, Jul 26, 2009
  14. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2002
    Messages:
    60,143
    Likes Received:
    54,517
    ^I think I am one of the few who like 2010 better than 2001 -- they are both great though.
     
    #34 KingCheetah, Jul 26, 2009
  15. SwoLy-D

    SwoLy-D Member

    Joined:
    Jul 20, 2001
    Messages:
    37,619
    Likes Received:
    1,460
    Meh. My Mayan homies said you do not need to worry about anything past 2012 anyway. ;)
     
    #35 SwoLy-D, Jul 26, 2009
  16. Phreak3

    Phreak3 Member

    Joined:
    Mar 6, 2004
    Messages:
    1,720
    Likes Received:
    81
    better hope not.. most likely they would be hostile. Like humans finding vast, new oil reserves but with an endangered bobcat species living on top of it.. wonder what happens.
     
    #36 Phreak3, Jul 26, 2009
  17. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

    Joined:
    Jun 3, 2002
    Messages:
    60,143
    Likes Received:
    54,517
    Didn't want to start a new space thread -- ISS with the shuttle trailing will pass over Texas around 9:10 PM.

    [​IMG]

    Some guy took a picture of Endeavor and the ISS in front of the sun.
     
    #37 KingCheetah, Jul 28, 2009
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 2 of 2

Share This Page

Style
ClutchFans Dark

  • About ClutchFans

    Since 1996, ClutchFans has been loud and proud covering the Houston Rockets, helping set an industry standard for team fan sites. The forums have been a home for Houston sports fans as well as basketball fanatics around the globe.

  • Rockets Content

  • Support ClutchFans!

    If you find that ClutchFans is a valuable resource for you, please consider becoming a Supporting Member. Supporting Members can upload photos and attachments directly to their posts, customize their user title and more. Gold Supporters see zero ads!


    Upgrade Now