Can an asteroid strike Earth? One just crashed into planet Jupiter - HT Tech

Well, so far so good, but something just crashed into planet Jupiter, as was recorded by an amateur astronomer.

And what is more, it comes just years after Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter?

Now, Jupiter is bigger, much bigger than Earth.

That means Jupiter will present a bigger target and will attract a lot of asteroids towards itself.

However, in a big surprise, an amateur observer Jose Luis Pereira in Brazil managed to catch a flash of light on planet Jupiter on Monday night (September 13).

Speaking to space.com, Pereira, who had set up his camera equipment to capture photos and videos of Jupiter from Sao Paulo, said, "To my surprise, in the first video I noticed a different glow on the planet." It was later confirmed that he had actually recorded a video of an actual impact of an object on Jupiter.

Astronomers say that Jupiter gets hit by asteroids and other objects fairly frequently.

The most famous impact was when Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which had broken into many parts, hit Jupiter in July, 1994.

However, that was not a one-off event, as Jupiter got hit in July, 2009 too, some 15 years later.

Figuring from there, the space object that caught astronomers by surprise can do the same here on Earth?

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