[meteorite-list] re: crackpot in the news

From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Apr 24 04:42:22 2005
Message-ID: <426B5BE9.50807_at_wanadoo.nl>

> Both statements are ridiculous,
> of course. It would be an incredibly
> rare event to see or photograph.
> As I recall, there is only one good
> candidate for a photo of a meteor strike on the Moon.

There are more. During the Leonid meteor storms of the past few years several
impacts on the moon have been videotaped. They created flashes on the dark side
of the moon. See a.o.:

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/lunarstuff/lunimpacts.html

- Marco

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Received on Sun 24 Apr 2005 04:42:17 AM PDT