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15 August 2019 at 3:03 pm
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Robin Leadbeater
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Certainly more have been seen than that article suggests. (Wikipedia lists 7 not including Shoemaker Levy). Marc Delcroix coordinates an amateur programme for Jupiter and Saturn impacts. Based on their coverage they estimate a rate for potentially detectable Jupiter impacts of ~6/year
http://www.astrosurf.com/planetessaf/doc/project_detect.php
Robin