Enigmatic High-Energy X-Rays Have Been Spied Coming From Jupiter

https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | February 11, 2022 | MICHELLE STARR

[Red Badger]

In space they can’t hear you ka-boom................

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger.

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[gleeaikin]

If you are referring to Schumaker Levy, I think there were 19 strikes. How does a comet crash 19 times over a period of multiple minutes.

[SunkenCiv]

In the (a?) previous encounter with Jupiter, the original comet (prediscovery) broke into fragments, Shoemaker–Levy 9 (with letters assigned to each fragment), but all the fragments remained more or less on the same trajectory as before. The fragments arrived for the impacts over a period of six days or so. At the link, the core of the story starts around the 40 minute mark.

[SunkenCiv]

What comet, and when?