Posted on 01/24/2019 9:16:06 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Several telescopes livestreamed the entire eclipse, and multiple people caught a glimpse of a small flash of light, seeming to come from around Lagrange crater. Because this event was seen by multiple observers separated by thousands of miles, the only conclusion is that something hit the moon, and its impact event was recorded on video.
...Further investigation will be necessary to determine the size of the meteoroid and obtain pictures of its impact crater, but for a basis of comparison, the LCROSS mission plowed a Centaur upper stage (2.2 tons) into the lunar surface at 2.5 km/s. This should have resulted in a flash visible through binoculars, but it didn’t.
(Excerpt) Read more at hackaday.com ...
It's a straight release of energy, not a campfire. The kinetic energy transforms into visible and invisible energy through a wide swath of the electromagnetic spectrum, creating a mushroom cloud (with the difference that there is no atmosphere).
There's no oxygen needed for a nuke, either.
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