Dark Spot On Jupiter Spreading?

[Ducky]

Since the July 19th impact, there seems to be a dark mass(?) forming at Jupiter's northern pole area.

http://jupiter.samba.org/

Funny how nasa wasn't informed (or better yet..informed us) of the object hitting the planet until last minute? Gee...you'd think something the size of our earth would have been watched/recorded as it approached Jupiter's orbit. :P They're getting slack there...

Here's the first pic (19th):

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff284/CanuckyDucky/jupiterimpact1.jpg


Now one taken on the 24th:

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff284/CanuckyDucky/jupiterimpact2.png


Something is definately spreading or dispersing from the collision.

I can't help but think of the movie: 2012 The Year We Make Contact, and the dark spot that engulfed Jupiter to make a new sun.

[Lexion]

Thought I posted this....

Meh.

[offsite:2lfhd8jl]Miller told me that the object causing the bruise was probably a couple of hundred meters (yards) wide - not as big as the biggest fragment from Shoemaker-Levy 9, but still pretty big.[/offsite:2lfhd8jl]

Source (http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/24/2008517.aspx)

Lex

[Ducky]

Thought I posted this....

Meh.

[offsite:2bci2z6m]Miller told me that the object causing the bruise was probably a couple of hundred meters (yards) wide - not as big as the biggest fragment from Shoemaker-Levy 9, but still pretty big.[/offsite:2bci2z6m]

Source (http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/24/2008517.aspx)

Lex

lolololololol

WTF :shock:

"Only a couple of hundred meters wide"

Think about it.

That would significantly decrease the size of Jupiter witht that person's statement.

Insane :@:

[Lexion]

[offsite:1dv4hsr8]the object causing the bruise[/offsite:1dv4hsr8]

Not the spot itself.

Geez,
Lex

[skunk]

I actually was going to post this a few days ago, but I forgot.

Jupiter Apparently Smacked by Rogue Object, New Images Reveal (http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090720-jupiter-new-impact.html)

New Image of Jupiter Impact in Infrared (http://www.universetoday.com/2009/07/23/new-image-of-jupiter-impact-in-infrared/)

http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Jupiter-impact-infrared.jpg

[offsite:s8ocnevk]After getting whacked unexpectedly by a small comet or asteroid, Jupiter is sporting a "bruise," which has been big news this week. In visible wavelengths, the impact site appears as a black spot. But in a new image taken in near infrared by the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, the spot shows up in spectacular glowing yellow.

"We utilized the powerful mid-infrared capabilities of the Gemini telescope to record the impact's effect on Jupiter's upper atmosphere," said Imke de Pater from the University of California, Berkeley. "At these wavelengths we receive thermal radiation (heat) from the planet's upper atmosphere. The impact site is clearly much warmer than its surroundings, as shown by our image taken at an infrared wavelength of 18 microns."

As Universe Today reported earlier, this new spot on Jupiter was first seen by Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley on July 19th. This set off a flurry of activity as the large ground based observatories have imaged Jupiter in attempt to learn more about the impact and the object that struck Jupiter. Astronomers now say the object was likely a small comet or asteroid, just a few hundreds of meters in diameter. Such small bodies are nearly impossible to detect near or beyond Jupiter unless they reveal cometary activity, or, as in this case, make their presence known by impacting a giant planet.[/offsite:s8ocnevk]

Hubble reawakens, snaps image of Jupiter scar (http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/24/hubble.jupiter.scar/index.html)

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/TECH/space/07/24/hubble.jupiter.scar/art.jupiter.impact.nasa.jpg

[Ducky]

Hence my original statement of why nasa didn't give the heads up.

*trying to find the latest info where earth is going through a comet/astroid field - something or another*

[Lexion]

[offsite:2sonkteu]The image released by NASA[/offsite:2sonkteu]

Source (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/27/tech-090727-jupiter-hubble-spot.html)

Paid Shill,
Lex

[Ducky]

[offsite:2rt38mxg]The image released by NASA[/offsite:2rt38mxg]

Source (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/27/tech-090727-jupiter-hubble-spot.html)

Paid Shill,
Lex

[offsite:2rt38mxg]The spot is a debris plume associated with turbulence in Jupiter's atmosphere, NASA reported, estimating it was caused by the impact of an object about the size of several football fields.[/offsite:2rt38mxg]

That's scary. Something that size could create a blemish to that magnitude.

Jupiter is mostly a gaseous planet right? It's made up of about 90% hydrogen and 10% helium. So therefore we shouldn't see an 'impact' crator/dark spot?

Why should there be a dark spot then?

I'm assuming that something flailed through Jupiter's atmospheres at an incredible speed; enough to possibly ignite the surrounding entry zone and render that area dark *null and void* somewhat? Am I saying this correctly?

[Cogburn]

I'm guessing you're looking at the interior of the planet that is unable to be sufficiently illuminated by the Sun.

SL-9 fragments exploded on impact... this object did not.

Different chemical composition, different physical effects.

[apeci]

Jupiter is mostly a gaseous planet right? It's made up of about 90% hydrogen and 10% helium. So therefore we shouldn't see an 'impact' crator/dark spot?

Why should there be a dark spot then?

Jupiter and the other giants are gaseous planets technically, but under such extreme gravitational pressure below the surface that they are actually mostly liquid, probably having rocky cores.

[boycotteverything]

We're fortunate here to have our very own Dark Spot. Thanks for the clarification.

[apeci]

At your age you should really get that looked at...

[boycotteverything]

Be nice or I'll smack your ass with my cane, you surly little bastard.