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Buried deep inside the article: > Based on the images and video provided observers, the object’s diameter is estimated at 20 meters (ft). Similar to what happe
by arbitrage 5y ago
Buried deep inside the article:
> Based on the images and video provided observers, the object’s diameter is estimated at 20 meters (ft). Similar to what happened with [the 1994 impact of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9], this object is believed to be the remnant of a larger comet or asteroid that was captured by Jupiter’s gravity that broke up shortly before the impact took place.
I don't know what "20 meters (ft)" means. Probably a typo?
- lgl 5y agoRight? Besides that, considering Shoemaker-Levy was a 6 million megaton impact (according do wikipedia), saying this was "similar" is just very wrong. Still interesting and pretty cool to have been caught on camera though.
- simonh 5y agoThe 'Similar' is in relation to how Shoemaker-Levy was broken up by Jupiter's gravity, and that this object comes from a similar process.
- lgl 5y agoAh, you're right, i interpreted that comparison wrongly. In that sense then it's most probably right. Still, we don't have any evidence that this impact was from a comet, it was most likely just an asteroid plunging into it.
- dsjoerg 5y agoI bet the author planned to fill in the number of feet later, and then forgot to.