An amateur astronomer has filmed and photographed the moment a space missile thought to be a commit or asteroid hit Jupiter.

Video of moment a space missile hits Jupiter

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The spectacular blast which only lasted for two seconds has got astronomers buzzing as many speculations were made of the planet regarding its huge craters, some the size of earth or bigger.

Scientists now hope to investigate the impact area which was seen perfectly well from Australia and the Philippines.

The incident which occurred on Friday was captured by amateur astronomer Christopher Go in the Philippines who said “I still can’t believe that I caught a live impact on Jupiter,”

The incident was first reported by Anthony Wesley who shot to fame in the astronomy community in 2009 when he noticed a crater the size of the Pacific Ocean near Jupiter’s South Pole.

The 44-year-old who describes Jupiter as his passion said “When I saw the flash, I couldn’t believe it; the fireball lasted about two seconds and was very bright.”

Mr Wesley continued, “There were no visible remains at the impact point for the next half hour or so, until sunrise put an end to the imaging.”

Wesley’s sighting was then confirmed by Christopher Go and was filmed, something which is very rarely seen.

Astronomers say that the flash was most likely caused by a commit or an asteroid due to the shortness of the flash.

Just recently, NASA had announced that it was probably an asteroid with the equivalent power of around a couple of thousand nuclear bombs which caused the huge crater close to Jupiter’s South Pole.

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