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Jupiter hit by another space rock in rare views captured by Japanese skywatchers

 Jupiter hit by another space rock in rare views captured by Japanese skywatchers



Skywatchers spotted a similar impact just last month.


It's tough to be the biggest planet in the solar system, and this fall Jupiter is taking a beating.

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On Friday (Oct. 15), skywatchers in Japan observed a flash in the atmosphere of the planet's northern hemisphere likely caused by an asteriter, just over a month after a skywatcher in Brazil made a similar observation.

"The flash felt like it was shining for a very long time to me," Twitter user @yotsuyubi21, who photographed the flash with a Celestron C6 telescope, told Space.com.

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