[meteorite-list] What is this lunar crater?

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Aug 22 16:16:27 2006
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000007500000B9C_at_paulinet.de>

"Anyone have a name/location for the crater in the photo with this article,
 where the meteoroid apparently skidded across the surface, and maybe bounced
 once?"

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0509_020509_glassmeteorite.html

Hello Darren and List,

These are Messier and Messier A. Messier is an oval crater ( 9 x 11 km).
Messier A is two circular craters (the "younger" one sits on and thus
hides part of the "older" crater). This double crater measures 11 x 13 km
and this is the one in the NASA picture that displays these two straight,
narrow rays up to a distance of 120 km! Look for it in Mare Fecundidatis
3-4 days after the Moon is new or 3-4 days after full moon because then
this interesting feature is close to the terminator (No, not Arnold from
Austria ;-) and can thus be seen at its best!

Cheers,

Bernd
Received on Tue 22 Aug 2006 04:14:56 PM PDT