An amateur astronomer in Australia has discovered that the planet Jupiter was struck recently by an object up to two kilometres in diameter.
Anthony Wesley noticed what he described as a black scar near the south pole of the planet last Thursday.
He reported his observations to NASA’s jet propulsion laboratory in California, where astronomers were able to determine that it was caused by an impact, possibly a stray comet or a block of ice.
NASA officials say the dent created in Jupiter is about the size of Earth.
This was the initial report that came from BBC. A dent the size of Earth? Man, that’s a fairly large dent, wouldn’t you say? Glad the comet wasn’t headed our way. Or “block of ice”, as the case may be. Think how long you could keep a six-pack cold with a block of ice that big! Like … from now on!
