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The '''2010 Jupiter impact event''' was a [[Astronomy:Bolide|bolide]] [[Astronomy:Impact event|impact event]] on [[Astronomy:Jupiter|Jupiter]] by an object estimated to be about {{Convert|8|–|13|m|ft}} in diameter.<ref name=Hueso2010>{{cite journal |last=Hueso |first=R. |author2=A. Wesley |author3=C. Go |author4=S. Pérez-Hoyos |author5=M. H. Wong |author6=L. N. Fletcher |author7=A. Sánchez-Lavega |author8=M. B. E. Boslough |author9=I. de Pater |author10=G. S. Orton |title=First Earth-based Detection of a Superbolide on Jupiter |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=721 |issue=2 |year=2010 |pages=L129–L133 |doi=10.1088/2041-8205/721/2/L129 |arxiv=1009.1824|bibcode = 2010ApJ...721L.129H |s2cid=37619282 |display-authors=0}}</ref>  The impactor may have been an [[Astronomy:Asteroid|asteroid]], [[Astronomy:Comet|comet]], [[Astronomy:Centaur (minor planet)|centaur]], [[Astronomy:Extinct comet|extinct comet]], or temporary satellite  capture.

==Observation==
[[File:Jupiterimpact chrisgo.theora.ogv|thumb|2010 Jupiter impact event]]
The impact happened 3 June 2010, and was recorded and first reported by [[Astronomy:Amateur astronomy|amateur astronomer]] Anthony Wesley from Australia. The event was confirmed by Christopher Go at the Philippines, who recorded the event and released a video.<ref name=sayanagi>{{cite web |title=Jupiter hit by another impactor Thursday |first=Kunio M. |last=Sayanagi | url=https://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/06/breaking-news-jupiter-hit-by-yet-another-impactor.ars |date=3 June 2010|accessdate=4 June 2010 |publisher=[[Ars Technica]]| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100605113554/http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/06/breaking-news-jupiter-hit-by-yet-another-impactor.ars| archivedate= 5 June 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name=bakich>{{cite web|url=http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=9918| title=Another impact on Jupiter| date=4 June 2010| first=Michael| last=Bakich| work=Astronomy Magazine online| accessdate=4 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.christone.net/astro/jupiter/index.htm|title=Jupiter 2020 by Chris Go|website=www.christone.net}}</ref> Wesley is the same person who had been first to report the [[Astronomy:2009 Jupiter impact event|2009 Jupiter impact event]].

The observed flash lasted about two seconds.<ref name=sayanagi/><ref name=dailytelegraph>{{cite news|title=Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley films Jupiter impact |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/amateur-australian-astronomer-anthony-wesley-films-jupiter-impact/story-e6freuzi-1225875569064 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=5 June 2010|accessdate=4 June 2010}}</ref> It was located in the South Equatorial Belt, about fifty degrees from the central meridian.<ref name=Rogers>{{cite web |title=New impact on Jupiter before & after |first=John H. |last=Rogers |url=http://alpo-j.asahikawa-med.ac.jp/kk10/j100604r.htm |accessdate=4 June 2010 |publisher=British Astronomical Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609231034/http://alpo-j.asahikawa-med.ac.jp/kk10/j100604r.htm |archive-date=9 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The June 2010 superbolide impactor probably measured between {{convert|8|and|13|m|ft}} across, with a mass between {{convert|500|and|2000|t|LT ST|lk=in}}.<ref name="Gemini">{{cite web |date=9 September 2010 |title=WITHOUT A TRACE – A FLASH IN JUPITER'S SKY |publisher=Gemini Observatory |url=http://www.gemini.edu/node/11527 |accessdate=9 September 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100918072147/http://www.gemini.edu/node/11527| archivedate= 18 September 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Jupiter probably gets hit by several objects of this size each year.<ref name="Gemini"/>

On 20 August 2010 [[Astronomy:Universal Time|UT]], yet another flash event was detected on Jupiter.<ref name="Aug2010">{{cite web |title=Optical flash on Jupiter |url=http://chiron.mtk.nao.ac.jp/watanabe/optical-flash-on-jupiter |accessdate=23 August 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100825010137/http://chiron.mtk.nao.ac.jp/watanabe/optical-flash-on-jupiter| archivedate= 25 August 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> As of 23 August two other observers had recorded the same event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/101264994.html|title=Another Flash on Jupiter!|last=Beatty|first=Kelly|date=22 August 2010|work=Sky & Telescope|publisher=Sky Publishing|quote=Masayuki Tachikawa was observing ... 18:22 Universal Time on the 20th ... Kazuo Aoki posted an image ... Ishimaru of Toyama prefecture observed the event|accessdate=23 August 2010|archive-date=27 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827180208/http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/101264994.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Astronomy:Impact events on Jupiter|Impact events on Jupiter]]
*[[Astronomy:List of Jupiter events|List of Jupiter events]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web |url=http://jupiter.samba.org/jupiter/20100603-203129-impact/index.html|title=Jupiter Impact on June 3, 2010 |first=Anthony |last=Wesley |accessdate=4 June 2010 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100607033125/http://jupiter.samba.org/jupiter/20100603-203129-impact/index.html| archivedate= 7 June 2010 | url-status= live}}
*{{cite web |url=http://jupiter.cstoneind.com/ |first=Christopher |last=Go |title=Jupiter 2010 |accessdate=4 June 2010 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100601163845/http://jupiter.cstoneind.com/| archivedate= 1 June 2010 | url-status= live}}

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