Lunar Impact
Artistic conception of meteor impact. Credit: NASA
7th of November, 2005 - NASA scientists observe an explosion in the Moon with energy of approximately 70kg of TNT, which occurred close to the edge of Mare Imbrium (sea of rains).
Probably, the cause was a 12cm meteorite that slammed on the lunar surface at a speed of about 97.200 km/h. The impact may have opened a small crater of about 3 meters of width and 0,4 meters of depth. It was so small that even the Hubble space telescope could not see it.
Credits of the image: NASA/MSFC/Bill Cooke
The image of this shock, which reached 7 of visual magnitude, was captured with a video camera connected to a 25cm telescope of opening, by Rob Suggs and his colleague Wes Swift of the Marchall Space Flight Center - MSFC.
Sequence of 6 frames of the video, in false color. Credits of the image: Wes Swift/NASA.
Probably, the cause was a 12cm meteorite that slammed on the lunar surface at a speed of about 97.200 km/h. The impact may have opened a small crater of about 3 meters of width and 0,4 meters of depth. It was so small that even the Hubble space telescope could not see it.
Credits of the image: NASA/MSFC/Bill Cooke
The image of this shock, which reached 7 of visual magnitude, was captured with a video camera connected to a 25cm telescope of opening, by Rob Suggs and his colleague Wes Swift of the Marchall Space Flight Center - MSFC.
Sequence of 6 frames of the video, in false color. Credits of the image: Wes Swift/NASA.
posted by Seção Lunar REA - Brasil at 8:30 PM
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