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Jupiter is getting hit more often than conventional wisdom would suggest, leading many researchers to call for a global network of telescopes to monitor Jupiter 24/7 and measure the impact rate.
The planet contains 71% of the planetary matter in the solar system and so its huge gravity pulls every object toward it. In fact, most of its moons were captured rather than forming with Jupiter. Scientists watched in awe as comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke up and smashed into Jupiter making explosions the size of the Earth.
Originally posted by dragnet53
I am surprised it ain't posted on this site and this was done on the 20th of August.
Originally posted by GummB
...If Jupiter is getting hit more often does that mean we are at greater risk as well?
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
Originally posted by GummB
...If Jupiter is getting hit more often does that mean we are at greater risk as well?
Is Jupiter really getting hit more often, or is it just that more people are watching Jupiter these days?
Originally posted by MarkusMaximus
reply to post by GummB
I find it hard to assign any special significance to the Jupiter asteroid/comet strikes...
Jupiter is a MASSIVE gravity well, and as such, will attract many objects to itself, even objects from far out into space.