Jupiter crashed an unknown celestial body

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Two amateur astronomers, recorded a bright flash on Jupiter's disk, supposedly crashed into the planet unknown celestial body.

According to its website the Australian astronomer Anthony Wesley, at about 20:31 GMT, June 3 (23:31 on Kiev), a large fireball appeared on Jupiter.

Such a phenomenon is recorded and colleague Wesley Christopher Go of the Philippines, he was able to take pictures of bright spots and even remove short videos.

"I still can not believe that I was able to live to film the fall of a celestial body on Jupiter" - says Gow, quoted by the website Cosmic Log.

It is not yet clear what caused the appearance of a celestial body flashes on Jupiter if it was a comet or asteroid. The authors call for the opening of his colleagues continue observing Jupiter.





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