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An explosion on the Moon
NASA ^ | 12.23.2005

Posted on 12/24/2005 8:11:55 AM PST by jmcenanly

December 23, 2005: NASA scientists have observed an explosion on the moon. The blast, equal in energy to about 70 kg of TNT, occurred near the edge of Mare Imbrium (the Sea of Rains) on Nov. 7, 2005, when a 12-centimeter-wide meteoroid slammed into the ground traveling 27 km/s.

"What a surprise," says Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) researcher Rob Suggs, who recorded the impact's flash. He and colleague Wes Swift were testing a new telescope and video camera they assembled to monitor the moon for meteor strikes. On their first night out, "we caught one," says Suggs.

(Excerpt) Read more at science.nasa.gov ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2005; catastrophism; explosion; impact; lunarcapture; lunarorigin; moon; science; space; themoon
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To: jmcenanly

Damned intergallactic terrorists are everywhere...


21 posted on 12/24/2005 8:26:14 AM PST by DoughtyOne (MSM: Public support for war waining. 403/3 House vote against pullout vaporizes another lie.)
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To: anonymous_user

"I demand we withdraw our astronauts immediately!"

Instead, Sheila Jackson Lee wants our astronaunts to leave Mars and swing by the moon to check things out!


22 posted on 12/24/2005 8:26:35 AM PST by TRY ONE (NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
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To: jimtorr
On Earth, it would have made a very nice, bright shooting star before it burned up.

Thank you God for giving us an atmosphere.
23 posted on 12/24/2005 8:28:55 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: jmcenanly

About 4 23/32" across in Real Units(TM).


24 posted on 12/24/2005 8:29:04 AM PST by fzx12345 (Three lefts don't make a right; they invent one.)
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To: anonymous_user

I didn't realize we had astronauts there. No one leaked that information!


25 posted on 12/24/2005 8:29:10 AM PST by tob2 (Old Fossil and Proud of It!)
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To: jmcenanly

Now come on, how can you prove this was not done on a television stage? /s


26 posted on 12/24/2005 8:29:33 AM PST by Mark was here (How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
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To: jmcenanly

Maybe it should read....."NSA Scientists...ordered by Bush"...


27 posted on 12/24/2005 8:30:06 AM PST by blasater1960 ( Ishmaelites...Still a wild-ass of a people....)
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To: jmcenanly

Damned terrorists.


28 posted on 12/24/2005 8:30:14 AM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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To: Some hope remaining.
12cm is half an inch? Must be that new math. ;^)

For most Americans, millimeter, centimeter …
29 posted on 12/24/2005 8:30:41 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: jmcenanly

See also:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0512/23lunarmeteor/

The risks of being directly hit are probably not that
much different than being on the shuttle or ISS.

This event did raise awareness of a larger risk for
those on the lunar surface, secondary impacts from the
ejecta of the primary impact (and tertiary if the primary
was sufficiently large).


30 posted on 12/24/2005 8:33:29 AM PST by Boundless
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To: jmcenanly

Okay, who made with the The Illudium Q36 Explosive Space Modulator?


31 posted on 12/24/2005 8:34:02 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: jimtorr

12 cm is just under 5 inches in diameter.


32 posted on 12/24/2005 8:34:39 AM PST by connectthedots
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To: The Drowning Witch

I thought that looked like 'Space 1999!' I loved that show! ;) When it first went on in 1975 the end of the century seemed so far away.


33 posted on 12/24/2005 8:37:28 AM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: jmcenanly

Lunar Daisycutter.


34 posted on 12/24/2005 8:37:30 AM PST by keithtoo (Leftists/Democrats - Traitors, Haters and Vacillators)
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To: bonfire
ROTF!!! Loved that show!

When I lived in Italy in the late Seventies, that show was on RAI - dubbed in Italian, of course. We watched it every time it was on, because we couldn't believe how bad it was. We thought something was lost in translation, but when we got back to the States and saw reruns, it made even less sense :).

The thing I remember most about the show was the Italian promo announcer saying "Spazio: Mille Novecento Novantanove". Italian is a great language.

35 posted on 12/24/2005 8:39:09 AM PST by vollmond (Careful with that axe, Eugene!)
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To: EagleUSA
Terrorists?

That is one dedicated suicide bomber. If anyone deserves 72 virgins, I nominate this guy.

36 posted on 12/24/2005 8:39:17 AM PST by Always Right
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To: jmcenanly
Uh oh! here we go again...


37 posted on 12/24/2005 8:39:21 AM PST by sayfer bullets
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To: jmcenanly

Hmmmmmmmmm.............


38 posted on 12/24/2005 8:44:12 AM PST by shield (The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instructions.Pr 1:7)
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To: vollmond

It was a great show with the Great One.

Ok.....what's the translation?


39 posted on 12/24/2005 8:45:18 AM PST by bonfire (dwindler)
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To: fzx12345

one of them baseballs reggie jackson smacked finally landed.


40 posted on 12/24/2005 8:48:42 AM PST by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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