On August 29, the amateur astronomy account calledMASA Planetary Logshared astunning videoof the gas giant.
It captures the moment a large space object collides with Jupiter’s surface.
The account was recording Jupiter’s surface automatically with continuous images every so often.
Jupiter imaged in visible light by the Hubble Space Telescope, January 11, 2017 (Photo: National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab) viaWikimedia Commons,CC BY 4.0)
That night, when I checked the video of the corresponding time, I saw a flash, theysaid.
I was very lucky to be photographing this phenomenon when it happened.
It is believed that either a comet or an asteroid flew into the planet.
Collisions with Jupiter are not a rare occurrence.
It’s fascinating to witness some of the phenomena that occur far away in space.
