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Did a wee bit of research on this.

Galileo crashed into Jupiter on September 21st, this mark is a month later and doesn't appear in images on days either side, as can be seen in this archive (which includes the images this theory is based on).

http://alpo-j.asahikawa-med.ac.jp/Latest/Jupiter2004Apparition.htm

So the theory does not seem at all likely.