A speeding object collided with Jupiter and blew up, cool space footage shows
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Sep 18 2021 at 11:00 AM GMT
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- Flash!An asteroid or icy object collided with the gas giant Jupiter on Sept.
- 13, where it eventually blew up in the planet's thick clouds.
- A Brazilian space photographer, José Luis Pereira, captured the rarely-seen solar system event, which is shown in the intriguing footage below.
- The object was around dozens of meters across (possibly some 120 to 160 feet wide, maybe more, maybe less).
- Traveling at a high speed, it journeyed deeper and deeper into Jupiter's heavy atmosphere, where it experienced strong friction and heated up as it fell through the planet's clouds.
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- Published Sep 18, 2021 11:00 AM GMT