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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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So much for the Moon being dry and uninteresting
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:11:57 AM PST
by
jmcenanly
To: jmcenanly
The Dems plame Bush and Haliburton for this
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:13:54 AM PST
by
al baby
(Father of the beeber)
To: jmcenanly
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:13:57 AM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: jmcenanly
So much for the Moon being dry and uninteresting Really! I wonder how many more red dots are just waiting for the next manned mission to be discovered? :-)
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:14:40 AM PST
by
TopDog2
(Onward Christian soldiers...)
To: EagleUSA
Chinese lunar probe touches down at 27km/s.?
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:16:01 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: jmcenanly
Dang that Bush and Rove, the towers, the levies, the moon, whats next?
To: jmcenanly
It took her a while to get there, but we finally found out what happened to Alice Cramden.
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:16:45 AM PST
by
OkiMusashi
(Beware the fury of a patient man. --- John Dryden)
To: jmcenanly
Caddyshack - "freeze gopher!"
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:18:37 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: OkiMusashi
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:18:54 AM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: jmcenanly
I demand we withdraw our astronauts immediately!
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:19:56 AM PST
by
anonymous_user
(I'm going to wish you a Merry Christmas, but I'm not forcing you to have one.)
To: jmcenanly
A rock about 1/2 inch in diameter, travelling at 9-10 miles per second caused a rather large explosion on the moon. On Earth, it would have made a very nice, bright shooting star before it burned up.
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:20:13 AM PST
by
jimtorr
To: jmcenanly
Isn't that a still from the old TV show, "SPACE: 1999"?????
To: jmcenanly
Damn that George Bush....is he now attacking the moon with more bad intelligence?????
/sarcasm off
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:22:29 AM PST
by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: OkiMusashi
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:23:30 AM PST
by
bonfire
(dwindler)
To: jmcenanly
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:23:47 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: jmcenanly
"There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!"
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:24:22 AM PST
by
Riley
("Bother" said Pooh, as he fired the Claymores.)
To: jmcenanly
"
On their first night out, "we caught one," says Suggs."
Was she a red-head?
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:25:06 AM PST
by
BobS
To: jmcenanly
It's an alien probe. It's going to unfold, activate, then fly down here and corrupt the media. /S
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posted on
12/24/2005 8:25:25 AM PST
by
starbase
(Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
To: jmcenanly
According to Tom Cruise it's Xenu breaking free from his electronic thetan prison.
To: jimtorr
12cm is half an inch? Must be that new math. ;^)
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