Third Jupiter Fireball Spotted——Sky-Watching Army Needed?

National Geographic ^ | 8/24/10 | Andrew Fazekas

[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.

[sinanju]

There is of course the theory that Jupiter saves our bacon by vacuuming up most stray comets.

[OldDeckHand]

"There is of course the theory that Jupiter saves our bacon by vacuuming up most stray comets."

Yes, I have heard that before, too. I think it's a well-accepted theory.

[End Times Sentinel]

There is of course the theory that Jupiter saves our bacon by vacuuming up most stray comets.

Sounds like more of that Jupiter puffery to me.

[OrioleFan]

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

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Redleg Duke]

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

[Yo-Yo]

There is of course the theory that Jupiter saves our bacon by vacuuming up most stray comets.

Well, I hope that youse Earthlings keep paying Juiper its 'protection' money. You got a nice planet here, and I'd hate to see anything bad happen to it...

[chrisser]

There is of course the theory that Jupiter saves our bacon by vacuuming up most stray comets.

Planetary exloitation!

Jupiter is using it's excessive and nefariously obtained gravity to rob other planets of their rightful comets.

We need a celestial affirmative action program, with comet quotas, redistribution and reparations so the other planets who lost the planetary gravity lottery can be made whole. Only government can right this historical wrong.

It's for the children...

Anyone who disagrees must be an ignorant bigot.

[Lazamataz]

[chichipow]

“Anyone who disagrees must be an ignorant bigot.”

You forgot racist. Always play the race card remember? ;-P

[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...

[chrisser]

You forgot racist. Always play the race card remember?

I made the silly assumption that a planet's race couldn't be determined. That's probably because I'm a white male.

It's up to the exploited planets to define what race is. I'll bet Pluto has plenty to say about the matter, but Jupiter's keeping the other planets down.

And that Saturn, well its just a bitter clinger that better watch its back when the proletariat planets upset the solar system patriarchy after the revolution.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I bet ... you'd hit 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.

[GraceG]

And we have the audacity to classify asteroids into three groups, carboniferous, stony and metallic.... How imperialistic of us. As to assum the Stony ones are inferior to the metalic ones....