[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

First, I am also glad.

Second, our atmosphere would do a much better job of skipping off a low trajectory strike, or may reduce the object by burning it up & breaking it up as it falls through the atmosphere. Obviously, a massive meteor would be substantial even after burning up a bit in the atmosphere, so I am with you. Glad it didn’t hit us.

Still, it is nice to know we are a much smaller target than Jupiter with a bit more armor plating around us.

[Izzy Dunne]

Second, our atmosphere would do a much better job of skipping off a low trajectory strike, or may reduce the object by burning it up & breaking it up as it falls through the atmosphere.

Why is our atmosphere any better at this than Jupiter's? There's way more atmosphere there than here.

Still, it is nice to know we are a much smaller target than Jupiter with a bit more armor plating around us.

Smaller target, yes.

"armor plating"? I have no idea what you're thinking, but the image you see is the top of Jupiter's atmosphere, not it's surface. That's why the "bruise" disappears after a month or two.