[meteorite-list] What is this lunar crater?
From: Rob McCafferty <rob_mccafferty_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Aug 22 16:28:37 2006 Message-ID: <20060822202832.45074.qmail_at_web50910.mail.yahoo.com> Not familiar with this one, however, I cannot help but think that it's really unlikely that a meteorite is going to bounce. Almost certainly 2 separate craters My personal favourite low angle impact crater is Schiller http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiller_(crater) To the best of my knowledge, it still is believed to be an impact from about 4 deg (though my info is about 10 years old and probably out of date) If memory serves correctly, its somewhere down the very bottom of the moon (as seen from N Hemisphere). It probably gives lat/long on the link. Just wanted a pic so didn't read it. Rob McC --- bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de wrote: > "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 > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Received on Tue 22 Aug 2006 04:28:31 PM PDT |
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