A few years ago (okay, probably five) someone actually tried to refute this 1178 AD impact by claiming there would have been numberless "shooting star" reports on Earth had such an impact actually taken place. He was wrong of course, but I'm sure he still got his PhD.A Flash From the Past:On the Moon, material that is freshly exposed has a slight bluish tinge. Over time, because of the constant bomb ardment of cosmic rays, other high-energy particles and micrometeorites, the structure of the material changes and iron particles tend to predominate, making the material slightly red.
New Evidence Supports Moon Blast
by Henry Fountain
March 4, 2003
In the Clementine photos, Dr. Buratti and Mr. Johnson found one small crater that was "very, very blue and fresh appearing," Dr. Buratti said. It also happened to be in the exact center of the area they were looking. And it was the proper size slightly less than a mile across, including the ejecta blanket. Dr. Bu ratti estimated the size of the asteroid at 20 yards in diameter.
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This event came as a surprise, as I've never heard it recounted by any of my elderly relatives, and most of them died before I read about it in this book. A number of other such impacts, including some which hit or nearly hit people, ships, animals etc, are described in this book, which I recommend. My review on Amazon is still there, but much shorter than I remember...Rain of Iron and Ice:On November 27,1919, a meteorite fell into Lake Michigan near the Michigan shore. "Residents of Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, South Bend, Grand Haven, and other Western Michigan cities fled from their homes in panic, fearing an earthquake. Houses were shaken, the country was illuminated as by a bright sun's rays, so all-enveloping it was impossible to tell from which direction the flare came, the earth trembled for half a moment and then came a deep prolonged rumbling as of a terrific explosion." (p 159)
The Very Real Threat of
Comet and Asteroid Bombardment
by John S. Lewis
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Sure, but sightings aren't reports, and who would take reports anyway? After all, Dan Rather wasn't around then to place it in the public record. Was he?
It is difficult to pin the date at exactly 1178. It depends on the day in 1178, as there were calendar adjustments after that :D
other lunar topics I've started:
In the shadow of the Moon
New Scientist ^ | 30 January 1999 | editors
Posted on 08/31/2004 8:42:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1203912/posts
It Came from Outer Space?
American Scientist ^ | November-December 2004 | David Schneider
Posted on 11/25/2004 5:13:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1288537/posts
When the Days Were Shorter
Alaska Science Forum (Article #742) ^ | November 11, 1985 | Larry Gedney
Posted on 10/04/2004 10:31:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1234919/posts
Giordano Bruno, the June 1975 Meteoroid Storm,
Encke, and Other Taurid Complex Objects
Icarus (Volume 104, Issue 2 , pp 280-290) ^ | August 1993 | Jack B. Hartung
Posted on 12/27/2004 2:37:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1309198/posts
there are also topics about the 1953 impact.
Britain's Plan To Save Planet From Quakes And Asteroids...
The Times | 3/30/05 | Mark Henderson
Posted on 03/29/2005 7:05:24 PM PST by LoudAmericanCowboy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1373525/posts
from my Links page on FR:
Catastrophism: Argument for the Cometary Origin of the Biosphere
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1208497/posts
Catastrophism: Astronomers unravel a mystery of the Dark Ages
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1070892/posts
Catastrophism: Catastrophic event preceded Dark Ages -- scientist
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39b91ca42b27.htm
Catastrophism: Celestial Collision
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1216757/posts
Catastrophism: Cosmic Hole-in-One Captured Over Antarctica
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1478231/posts
Catastrophism: Early volcano victims discovered
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1207091/posts
Catastrophism: Electric Arcs in Planetary Science (thanks Swordmaker!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1358256/posts
Catastrophism: Eltanin Impact Crater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1248414/posts
Catastrophism: Forests Frozen In Time
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1321587/posts
Catastrophism: Giant asteroid rocked Antarctica
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1248406/posts
Catastrophism: Grains Found in Ga. Traced to Asteroid
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1198414/posts
Catastrophism: Hazard of Near-Earth Asteroid Impacts on Earth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1292915/posts
Catastrophism: Huge Idiocy Posted at FreeRepublic
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1230167/posts
Catastrophism: Ice-Core Evidence Challenges 1620 BC date for the Santorini Eruption
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1180724/posts
Catastrophism: Impact Event in 3114 BC? The beginning of a Turbulent Millennium
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/816604/posts
Catastrophism: In the shadow of the Moon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1203912/posts
Catastrophism: It Came from Outer Space?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1288537/posts
Catastrophism: June 1975 Meteoroid Storm, Encke, and Other Taurid Complex Objects
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1309198/posts
Catastrophism: Lake Michigan Impact in 1919 (I posted it)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1216757/posts?page=3#3
Catastrophism: Loss of Musk Ox Genetic Diversity at Pleistocene-Holocene Transition
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1500172/posts
Catastrophism: Mass Extinctions -- the New Catastrophism in the History of Life
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1500154/posts
Catastrophism: Moon over Chicxulub
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1489125/posts
Catastrophism: New evidence for the Moon's soft middle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1309193/posts
Catastrophism: Niue 'flattened' by tsunami-type waves [blast from the past]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1309685/posts
Catastrophism: Peekskill Fireball -- October 9, 1992
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1234499/posts
Catastrophism: Powerful Quake Shakes Seabed Near Vanuatu
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1342060/posts
Catastrophism: Professor Says Mayan Calendar Does Not Portend Earth's Doom (2012AD)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/815326/posts
Catastrophism: Reality of Ancient Catastrophism
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/565860/posts
Catastrophism: Red Planet's Ancient Equator Located
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1390424/posts
Catastrophism: Reworked Images Reveal Hot Venus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1058128/posts
Catastrophism: Road to Saturn by Dwardu Cardona (thanks Junior)
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3ab0f65a3218.htm
Catastrophism: Shocked Quartz from Chesapeake Asteroid
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1198414/posts
Catastrophism: Small Asteroid Passes Between Satellites and Earth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1307286/posts
Catastrophism: Small Comets and Our Origins
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1250694/posts
Catastrophism: Spitzer Sees the Aftermath of a Planetary Collision
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1320521/posts
Catastrophism: When the Days Were Shorter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1234919/posts
a bump for 2006:
Comet or Meteorite Impact Events in 1178AD?
SIS Conference | 1-26-2003 | Emilio Spedicato
Posted on 01/03/2005 6:59:02 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313256/posts
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