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In a rare event, the Moon got a massive new crater
Science News ^
| March 24, 2024
| Science News Staff
Posted on 03/24/2026 6:49:22 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Save s—t that came down over Ohio ? Maybe multiple asteroids or meteors that earth passed thru a few days ago.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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03/24/2026 6:52:36 AM PDT
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No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Astronomy Picture of the Day 2019 January 25.
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posted on
03/24/2026 6:56:39 AM PDT
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Nateman
(Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
To: George from New England
Too bad all of the Apollo seismometers are inactive.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I saw video of something hitting the moon not too long ago.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Not sure 225 meters wide qualifies as “massive”. Copernicus is 93 KM wide. Nearby Pytheas is ~20 KM wide. THOSE are “massive”.
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03/24/2026 6:59:43 AM PDT
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Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
To: neverevergiveup
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I’m more concerned about a massive new crater on Earth or a hole in my roof, ceilings and floors when I’m home. It’s either better reporting of these things or there’s been a bit more activity lately.
To: George from New England
I thought so, too, until it said 2024. By the way, there have been two in Michigan, one yesterday, besides the Ohio and Houston ones. Might be a linear, orbital debris field the earth is moving through.
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03/24/2026 7:09:30 AM PDT
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F450-V10
To: Diana in Wisconsin
How did they come up with the figure of once every 139 years?
To: Pocketdoor
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posted on
03/24/2026 7:24:06 AM PDT
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Magnum44
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To: George from New England
One of these days....
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03/24/2026 7:25:32 AM PDT
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Diana in Wisconsin
So an asteroid big enough to cause that much damage went undetected by us in the last 15 years and we’re only finding the evidence of its impact on the moon now?
That’s not very comforting.
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03/24/2026 7:28:03 AM PDT
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FLT-bird
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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03/24/2026 7:30:00 AM PDT
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larrytown
(I will not be rage-baited.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Neato. I wonder what they’ll name it…
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posted on
03/24/2026 7:33:04 AM PDT
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telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Asteroid 2024 YR4, a space rock roughly 60 meters (200 feet) wide, has a roughly 4% chance of colliding with the Moon on December 22, 2032.
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03/24/2026 7:36:47 AM PDT
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Nateman
(Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
To: FLT-bird
Maybe it’s like a crop circle. Someone on the moon with a Bobcat made it. Just to mess with us.
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03/24/2026 7:38:15 AM PDT
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Larry Lucido
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To: Sicon
Copernicus is 93 KM wide. Nearby Pytheas is ~20 KM wide. THOSE are “massive”. I wonder what an impact of that magnitude does to the rotation and position of the moon. I think the Copernicus crater would be equivalent to a 200 mile crater on earth.
To: Magnum44
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03/24/2026 7:49:46 AM PDT
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PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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