[blueplum]

not so worrying about 239K miles away, but 3K between it and the moon? would it make a big crater?

[oldasrocks]

Better tell pokohontos not to send up any smoke signals.

[Steely Tom]

not so worrying about 239K miles away, but 3K between it and the moon? would it make a big crater?

3K between it and the moon's orbital path. The moon would have to be at a specific place on that path in order for the asteroid to come within 3K miles of it.

[alexander_busek]

not so worrying about 239K miles away, but 3K between it and the moon? would it make a big crater?

That's not how Mathematics works!

If I live 1,000 miles away from Denver, Colorado and a friend of mine lives 1,001 miles away from Denver, Colorado - it does not necessarily follow that he and I live only 1 mile apart from each other, n'est-ce pas?

Regards,

[SunkenCiv]

The Moon's not on the same side of the Earth at this time, but impacts on the Moon have been spotted before.

• Moon's Youngest Crater Discovered [2002]
• NASA Solves Moon Mystery (+Geology Picture of the Week, February 16-22, 2003) [2003]
• Astronomers unravel a mystery of the Dark Ages [2004]
• A Celestial Collision [2004]
• Giordano Bruno, the June 1975 Meteoroid Storm, Encke, and Other Taurid Complex Objects [2004]
• Comet or Meteorite Impact Events in 1178AD? [2005]
• Landscapes from the ancient and eroded lunar far side [2006]
• Yost Says You're Not Frightened Enough [2009]
• LUNAR IMPACT PLUME [LCROSS team: Moon collision a "smashing success" after all] [2009]
• Mysterious radiation burst recorded in tree rings [2012]
• Bright Explosion on the Moon [2013]
• lunarimpact kw