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Re: possible impact on Jupiter

Geoffcin@aol.com wrote:

> 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
>

Sky Online is reporting a new dark
spot at 196 degrees in System II.  Whether this is the same dark spot
spotted by Levy is unknown.  A link to John Sabia's web site
at the bottom of that story has predicted times of transit for this and
other Jupiter spots.

Mike
--
"The avalanche has already started.
     It is too late for the pebbles to vote."  Ambassador Kosh (Ver 1.0)
--Believers--

Mike DiMuzio    mdimuzio@cisnet.com


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