[meteorite-list] SMART-1 SMASHES

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Sep 3 03:57:06 2006
Message-ID: <00d301c6cf2e$876471f0$e07dd745_at_ATARIENGINE>

Hi, All,

    SMART-1 smashed at 1:42 am EDT (abrupt loss of signal).
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060903_smart-1_impact.html
    They say: "A flash from the impact was recorded by the
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope atop Mauna Kea, but no
details were available at the time this update was published.
A handful of reporters and astronomers using large backyard
telescopes in California, Colorado and Washington state did
not see anything in the initial moments."
    So, apparently no big flash and no dust cloud, or anything
you could see without a $100 million scope...
    If they can find the 6-10 meter crater, I'll be surprised.


Sterling K. Webb
Received on Sun 03 Sep 2006 03:56:56 AM PDT