[meteorite-list] NEW TIME! How To Observe SMART-1's Impact on the Moon

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Sep 2 23:15:33 2006
Message-ID: <008401c6cf07$2e055560$e07dd745_at_ATARIENGINE>

Hi,

    The crash did not occur at 1041 PDT (0841 CDT, 0741 EDT).
    The correction to clear the crater, according to this source:
http://technocrat.net/d/2006/9/2/7440
and three others in the last hour or two, has delayed the impact
      until 01:43 AM SUN SEPT 3 EDT
which is 12:43 AM SUN SEPT 3 CDT
which is 11:43 PM SAT SEPT 2 PDT
which is 09:43 PM SAT SEPT 2 HAWAII
    This will also shift the areas from which it can be viewed to
the West. Where I am, the Moon will be below the horizon then.
    Good luck if you're trying to get a look at it!

Sterling K. Webb
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From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Subject: [meteorite-list] How To Observe SMART-1's Impact on the Moon


>
> http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn9891-how-to-observe-smart1s-impact-on-the-moon.html
>
> > The expected impact time is 1041 PDT on Saturday (0541 GMT on Sunday).
> > However, mission planners are performing one last burn on Friday to
> raise the spacecraft's orbit by 600 metres and prevent an early crash.
> "We want to be sure we avoid this rim," [Clausius crater]
Received on Sat 02 Sep 2006 11:15:16 PM PDT