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  • AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS SPOT METEORITE IMPACT DURING LUNAR ECLIPSE

    01/24/2019 9:16:06 AM PST · by DUMBGRUNT · 20 replies
    Hackaday ^ | 23 Jan 2019 | Brian Benchoff
    Several telescopes livestreamed the entire eclipse, and multiple people caught a glimpse of a small flash of light, seeming to come from around Lagrange crater. Because this event was seen by multiple observers separated by thousands of miles, the only conclusion is that something hit the moon, and its impact event was recorded on video. ...Further investigation will be necessary to determine the size of the meteoroid and obtain pictures of its impact crater, but for a basis of comparison, the LCROSS mission plowed a Centaur upper stage (2.2 tons) into the lunar surface at 2.5 km/s. This should have...