[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10 years old and probably out of date)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
>
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