[meteorite-list] Mysterious Flash on Jupiter Left No Debris Cloud

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:39:13 +1000
Message-ID: <8CCD88DBE0104F408B506FD6E3BFA3C4_at_JeffPC>

Hi Bernd,

There actually was a VERY faint spot detected. Info and images were just
released on the NASA website here:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/meteor-jupiter.html

Cheers,

Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
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Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:07 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Mysterious Flash on Jupiter Left No Debris Cloud


> Hmmm?!? So, what pelted Jupiter's atmosphere without leaving a cloud of
> debris?
> Something "rock solid" ... so solid (a high-nickel ataxite?) that it did
> not dis-
> integrate like IIAB Sikhote-Alin did (thinking of Medvedev's famous
> painting!)?
> Did it plunge through Jupiter's very dense (!) atmosphere (almost)
> vertically
> without disintegrating?
>
> Mulling here in Germany,
>
> Bernd
>
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