Aussie stargazer spots scar from Jupiter collision Quote:An amateur stargazer in Australia spotted an Earth-sized gash on Jupiter, possibly caused by a collision with a comet, NASA scientists say.
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NASA credited Anthony Wesley of Murrumbateman, Australia, a computer programmer with a good reputation among professional astronomers.
"We owe a huge debt to him for picking up on these things," said planetary scientist Leigh Fletcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory....
I like when amateurs do it
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Quote:The solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 will be the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting at most 6 minutes, 39 seconds.[1] It has caused tourist interest in eastern China, Nepal and India.[1][2][3]
The eclipse is part of saros series 136, like the record-setting solar eclipse of July 11, 1991. The next event from this series will be on August 2, 2027.[4] The exceptional duration is a result of the moon being near perigee, with the apparent diameter of the moon 8% larger than the sun (magnitude 1.080).
This will be the second in the series of three eclipses in a month, with the lunar eclipse on July 7 and the lunar eclipse on August 6.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_22,_2009
"A solar eclipse mentioned in Homer's Odyssey has been used to date the fall of Troy, not to mention the exact day that Odysseus slaughtered the suitors who had taken over his house in Ithaca while he was trying to get home from the war."
What will it be this time?
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