On Monday September 10th an amateur astronomer from Wisconsin was observing Jupiter when he noticed a flash.
The flash was result of an impact from a space object crashing into Jupiter creating a fiery bang.
What’s interesting is that if Jupiter wouldn’t have had the properties that pulled that unidentified object in, could have it smashed into Earth or the Moon?
Imagine a chunk of the moon missing.
Here’s a video from the article on Space.com of the impact. At this time it’s unknown if the object was a meteor, comet or anything else.
This is the fourth impact on Jupiter. In 2009 an astronomer observed an area impacted the size of the Pacific Ocean.
*Fun Fact* If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 264 pounds on Jupiter.