Watch: Japanese astronomer spots bright flash on Jupiter
- By Web Desk -
- Sep 18, 2023
In an astonishing video that went viral on the internet, a bright flash was spotted on Jupiter by Japanese amateur astronomer Tadao Ohsugi.
As per details, flashes like these are said to be caused by asteroids or comets from the edges of our solar system that impact Jupiter’s atmosphere. The flash is stated to be one of the brightest ever recorded on the planet.
An international media outlet in its recent report said that an amateur astronomer in Japan captured a bright flash in Jupiter’s atmosphere, leading to further investigation by scientists.
A fireball observed on Jupiter, captured by amateur astronomer Tadao Ohsugi last month.🪐💫
A Fireball Whacked Into Jupiter, and Astronomers Got It on Video. In August, stargazers in Japan recorded a bright flash on the giant gas planet. كرة نارية شوهدت على كوكب المشتري، التقطها. pic.twitter.com/FpqnW7KikB— Shantanu Kumar Singh (@theshantanumum) September 16, 2023
According to a report by the astronomer, who remains unidentified, sent an email to Dr Ko Arimatsu, an astronomer at Kyoto University. Upon receiving the email, Dr Arimatsu put a call out for more information.
Dr Arimatsu’s said that the flash reported in August had an impact comparable to the 1908 Tunguska explosion in Siberia, which experts believe was an asteroid that ripped apart 800 square miles of forest.
Earlier, it was reported that one of the largest planets ever detected orbits at an enormous distance around two stars with a combined mass up to 10 times greater than our sun, an extreme celestial family that shatters assumptions about the type of places where planets can exist.
The planet, located about 325 light years from Earth, is a gas giant apparently similar in composition to Jupiter but about 11 times more massive, researchers said on Wednesday. It belongs to a planetary class called “super-Jupiters” exceeding the mass of our solar system’s largest planet.
It orbits a pair of stars gravitationally bound to one another, called a binary system. It has what might be the widest orbit of any known planet – about 100 times wider than Jupiter’s orbit around our sun and about 560 times wider than Earth’s.