[Army Air Corps]

Astro Ping.

[bgill]

No problem. Just duck and cover.

[The Sons of Liberty]

The discovery suggests the planet gets walloped more often than previously thought,

As large as it is, the amount of gravity it exerts and it's proximity to to asteroid belt, it should not really be surprising that it gets hit a lot.

[OrioleFan]

Obama will start an astroid created/saved program as soon as he gets a czar appointed. Apply at whitehouse.gov.

[Redleg Duke]

Just lightin’ farts at a frat party at Jupiter U!

[bunkerhill7]

Third Jupiter Fireball Spotted Causing Earth Global Warming, Pakistan Floods and Russian Forest Fires-

Obummer Bans All Fireballs for 6 months

[NorCoGOP]

Bush's Fault

Someone had to say it...

[TomGuy]

Jupiterians heard that Madman Achmadanjad said he had the Missle of Death. Jupiterians aren’t waiting for him to shoot it at them. They are being preemptive.

[SunkenCiv]

Squeezed this fullsize graphic to 400 pixel width for everyone's convenience.

I think we have Fred Nerks to thank for the original URL of this?

Anyway, the red lines show the orbits of the dozens of small moons of Jupiter which move retrograde, orbits generally considered to be diagnostic of capture. These entered the narrow sweet spot between falling into Jupiter and being chucked out of the Solar System by Jupiter.

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[windsorknot]

Jumpin’ Jupiter! I love the astronomy posts.

[Eye of Unk]

Maybe someone will make a movie about jupiter becoming the second sun in our solar system. Oh wait, its been done.

Or maybe another 2001 A Space Odyssey, Part 3?

[Bellflower]

Thank The LORD that other planets act as our shield.