possible impact on Jupiter

[Geoffcin@aol.com]

All,

  I know this is a little off topic,  but  it's really cool to report a
possible meteoric impact.....even if is not recoverable....  


 >Roy here;
 >
 >Last evening (Thursday) I had a call from David Levy.  He said that 
 >a new dark spot has been seen on Jupiter and that it is possibly an 
 >impact from a piece of SL9 that missed in July 1994.  He had not 
 >seen the spot as of last evening.
 >
 >I looked at Jupiter shortly after it rose last night (about 11:45 pm) 
 >and did not see any spot.  I awoke at 5:30 this morning (without an 
 >alarm clock!) to have a look at the other side of Jupiter and 
 >immediately saw a very small black spot near Jupiter's meridian on 
 >the S edge of the first faint band S of the large S equatorial band 
 >(perhaps at about S latitude 20 degrees(?)).  10 minutes later it had 
 >noticeably rotated with Jupiter away from the meridian.  I could see 
 >it in all three of my telescopes (444 mm, 200 mm, and 100 mm, 
 >although in the smallest telescope it was distinct but not obvious 
 >due to its tiny size).
 >
 >According to the Observer's Handbook, no shadows of the Galilean 
 >satellites were in transit while I was looking at the new dark spot 
 >(from 5:30 to 6:15 this morning, Friday, Aug. 7).
 >
 >David (Levy) said that if there was an unexpended fragment of SL9, 
 >now is the time when it would be near Jupiter.
 >
 >Has anyone else seen the spot or have any other information on 
 >this apparent encore to an historic event??  Since it is located in 
 >System II on Jupiter where Jupiter rotates 36.26 degrees/hour, the 
 >spot should be near Jupiter's meridian at 1:30 am Saturday 
 >morning (i.e. tonight).  I shall be looking! 
 ....
 
 >   Roy Bishop
 
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