Des détails sur les impacts joviens de cet été
Publié : 09 sept. 2010 23:32
Un article intéressant du JPL revient sur les impacts subis par Jupiter cet été et détectés par des amateurs :
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?r ... id=6964089
A noter ce paragraphe citant mon collègue Glenn Orton :
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?r ... id=6964089
A noter ce paragraphe citant mon collègue Glenn Orton :
Allez, hop, y'a du boulot pour les amateursOrton and colleagues said this kind of discovery couldn't have been made without amateur astronomers around the world, whose observations of Jupiter provide a near round-the-clock surveillance that would be impossible to do with the long lines of scientists waiting to use the large telescopes. Amateur astronomers, for example, were the first to see the dark spot that appeared on Jupiter in July 2009 as the result of an impact. Professional astronomers are still analyzing that impact.