Dark impact mark in Jupiters south polar region

The Bird Strike. LOL. I bet that was the lads at ICEINSPACE that named it that. Only the Aussies and Irish would be 'quick' enough. Can't see the lads at CloudyNights being that quick

I hope thats not just going to be an astro forums nickname for the event. I know there will be some incomprehensible alphanumeric moniker given by officialdom but I hope that it enters every astronomers vernacular for when they discribe the event of July '09.

Hey, remember the Bird Strike on Jupiter in '09!

Absolutely brilliant!!

I was wondering why the site was so slow this afternoon. Anthony's post here must have been top of the page on Google when people searched for the subject, despite him also posting details on ICEINSPACE his home forum and CLoudyNights.

:laugh:
'The Bird Strike'
Now thats a name!!

Barberskum wrote:

:laugh:
'The Bird Strike'
Now thats a name!!

:laugh: Awesome. Congratulations Bird.
I'm heading for Brisbane myself tomorrow. I must see if one of the local clubs is having an observing night before the spots disappear.

Fantastic stuff! Congrats Bird!

I note with some pleasure that JPL have updated the press release at;

www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-112

..and properly reflected Anthony's contribution. Personally I would have preferred if the used the word 'discovery' rather than 'tip' but the amended wording is much better than the original which pointedly avoided mentioning Anthony's part in all this. I've seen a lot of disquiet about this and it is good to see that NASA listened.

I can understand that the PR guys did not want the american public to get the impression that NASA missed this but without the constant observations of dedicated amateurs like Anthony, events like this could well go unnoticed at all.

www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/001337.html

Jupiter impact sketch from friend Jeremy Perez.
Jeremy also has a sketch contribution to my Astronomical Sketching Exhibition which will
open in Birr Castle Science Centre on September 18th , more on this later.

Deirdre Kelleghan
Outreach Coordinator IFAS
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www.deirdrekelleghan.com/
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