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The moment Jupiter was HIT by a giant asteroid yesterday – and humanity’s only record was taken by a faithful webcam in the dead of night : A Major Failure of All Earth Based surveillance

September 11, 2012

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Jupiter was hit  during the day yesterday – but it apparently went unobserved from  Earth …except for one  astronomer, Dan Petersen, who saw the flash with his own eyes When Petersen  reported the sighting on a web forum, amateur astronomer George Hall checked his  overnight footage By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED:07:49 EST, 11  September 2012| UPDATED:09:17 […]

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