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• Is it true? Jupiter has been hit again by a large object? (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/21/2009 2:25:38 AM
  • Statistical aberration or? - Buck Galaxy - 7/22/2009 6:16:08 AM
    • I recall that many pro astronomers thought that the 1994 event was a 1 in 300 year event. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/22/2009 6:55:48 PM
    • re: Statistical aberration or? - REB - 7/22/2009 12:41:24 PM
      • Then theer's justification to send another craft to take another close look at Jupiter's moons. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/22/2009 6:58:33 PM
  • Hale Bopp on the 25th, now this on the 40th? Woah! - Lee - 7/21/2009 3:33:30 AM
    • I meant Shoemaker-Levy 9 (n/t) - Lee - 7/21/2009 3:34:59 AM
  • Confirmed - Nick Hoffman - 7/21/2009 3:01:59 AM
    • Good to see Jupiter is still playing janitor to the Solar System - TB - 7/21/2009 9:13:07 PM
      • google "Jupiter, Friend or Foe" - It's not as clear cut as you think :) (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 7/22/2009 8:19:03 AM
        • I didn't have that information. Thanks! (n/t) - TB - 7/22/2009 7:33:24 PM
    • Outrage in amature comunity over JPL's comments - RobVG - 7/21/2009 8:41:29 PM
      • Frakin' A! B, C, and D, too! - phil - 7/21/2009 10:05:38 PM
    • I'm stunned. I am almost tempted to say this passes coincidence - Jefferson-Washington - 7/21/2009 4:37:11 PM
    • and NOT DETECTED before it hit. (n/t) - E.P. - 7/21/2009 3:46:44 PM
      • Of Course Not - Marsby - 7/22/2009 3:36:08 AM
    • Confirmed by NASA JPL - phil - 7/21/2009 1:17:34 PM
      • Jupiter HOOVER - carl - 7/22/2009 2:14:28 PM
    • "discovering that a rare comet or asteroid the size of Earth had crashed into Jupiter" - Marsby - 7/21/2009 3:24:38 AM
      • The "scar" is the size of planet Earth - Nick Hoffman - 7/21/2009 6:42:32 AM