Smart News Keeping you current Amateur Astronomers Capture an Asteroid or Comet Colliding With Jupiter The object recently exploded in the atmosphere of the solar system’s largest planet. Support ASTRONOMIC: Support ASTRONOMIC: BITCOIN Donations.

What is believed to be the origin of the asteroids? Kak sdelatj kupol iz kartona e. A.) Asteroids are believed to be meteorites trapped in orbit because of the gravitational influence of nearby Jupiter and mars b.) Asteroids are believed to be leftover matter from the early solar system that never became part of the large body becausae of their irregular shapes c.) Asteroids are believed to be leftover matter from the early solar system that never became part of the large body because of the gravitational influence of nearby Jupiter d.) Asteroids are believed to be remnants of a planet torn apart because of the gravitational influence of nearby Jupiter. Which statement below correctly identifies the differences and similarities between planets, dwarf planets, and planetary satellites? A.) Dwarf planets and planets are approximately the same size and shape. However, only planets orbit the sun, while dwarf planets and satellites do not. Both planets and dwarf planets can have satellites b.) Dwarf planets are much smaller than planets. Planets and dwarf planets are spherical in shape, but only planets orbit the sun.

Neither dwarf planets or satellites orbit the sun. Only planets can have satellites c.) Dwarf planets are much smaller than planets. Planets and dwarf planets are spherical in shape and orbit the sun, but satellites do not orbit the sun.

Only planets can have satellites d.) Dwarf planets are much smaller than planets. Planets and dwarf planets are spherical in shape and orbit the sun, but satellites do not orbit the sun. Both planets and dwarf planets can have satellites e.) none of the above.

A Facebook post with the footage caught the attention of John McKeon, an amateur astronomer in Swords, Ireland, who decided to review the footage of Jupiter he’d recorded the same night. “I was surprised to learn I had this data,” McKeon tells Kramer. “Within minutes I had gone through a few of my video captures from March 17 and there it was!” The image almost didn’t come to light. Kernbauer writes in the description of his YouTube video that he hesitated to look through his video footage since the viewing conditions that night were not ideal. “Nevertheless, 10 days later I looked through the videos and I found this strange light spot that appeared for less than one second on the edge of the planetary disc,” he writes. “Thinking back to Shoemaker-Levy 9, my only explanation for this is an asteroid or comet that enters Jupiter’s high atmosphere and burned up/explode[d] very fast.” Phil Plait writes that he thinks the object was probably not giant, just tens of meters wide. But because of Jupiter’s massive gravity, it draws objects to it at five times the velocity they approach Earth. That means even small objects hit with massive energy, creating a flash that can be seen several planets away.

But the explosion wouldn’t have been recorded at all if not for the expansion of cheap, high-quality telescopes, cameras, and video equipment that allow amateurs to make significant contributions to astronomy. “Professional astronomers have only limited time on large telescopes, which means that they can take exquisitely detailed observations but can’t spend long staring at one target in the sky; time on major telescopes is simply too valuable,” Emily Lakdawalla, senior editor at the tells Kramer at Mashable. “Amateur astronomers make fundamental contributions to astronomy research, and this recent observation of an impact on Jupiter is a perfect example of why.”.