Random lunar impact observed!

[CalliArcale]

SpaceWeather.com has a cool movie&nbsp; showing a fireball on the Moon.&nbsp; There's no meteor shower going on, but stuff hits the Moon (and Earth) all the time.&nbsp; It's rare for an impact to be seen, though, because you have to be looking at the right place at the right time with absolutely no warning.&nbsp; Amateur astronomer George Varros happened to be capturing digital images of the Moon when the event happened, so he's got it recorded.&nbsp; ;-) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>SpaceWeather.com has a cool movie&nbsp; showing a fireball on the Moon.&nbsp; There's no meteor shower going on, but stuff hits the Moon (and Earth) all the time.&nbsp; It's rare for an impact to be seen, though, because you have to be looking at the right place at the right time with absolutely no warning.&nbsp; Amateur astronomer George Varros happened to be capturing digital images of the Moon when the event happened, so he's got it recorded.&nbsp; ;-) <br />Posted by CalliArcale</DIV></p><p>Thanx Calli. We're trying to set up a lunar observation program at the NJAA.</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[weeman]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>SpaceWeather.com has a cool movie&nbsp; showing a fireball on the Moon.&nbsp; There's no meteor shower going on, but stuff hits the Moon (and Earth) all the time.&nbsp; It's rare for an impact to be seen, though, because you have to be looking at the right place at the right time with absolutely no warning.&nbsp; Amateur astronomer George Varros happened to be capturing digital images of the Moon when the event happened, so he's got it recorded.&nbsp; ;-) <br />Posted by CalliArcale</DIV><br /><br />I've always wondered if people actually witness impacts on the moon. Now I know </p><p>Thanks for the link. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>

 

[michaelmozina]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>SpaceWeather.com has a cool movie&nbsp; showing a fireball on the Moon.&nbsp; There's no meteor shower going on, but stuff hits the Moon (and Earth) all the time.&nbsp; It's rare for an impact to be seen, though, because you have to be looking at the right place at the right time with absolutely no warning.&nbsp; Amateur astronomer George Varros happened to be capturing digital images of the Moon when the event happened, so he's got it recorded.&nbsp; ;-) <br /> Posted by CalliArcale</DIV></p><p>It certainly makes one appreciate the value of having an atmosphere over our head to prevent most objects from hitting the surface of the earth. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> It seems to be a natural consequence of our points of view to assume that the whole of space is filled with electrons and flying electric ions of all kinds. - Kristian Birkeland </div>