[meteorite-list] A new question has reared it's ugly head....

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 18:59:43 -0600
Message-ID: <022901c8fa84$67fead70$0a01a8c0_at_bellatrix>

The video meteor strikes on the Moon have all involved shower components.
Little bitty pieces, nowhere near large enough to make a crater detectable
from the Earth.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


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From: "Pete Shugar" <pshugar at clearwire.net>
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Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 6:51 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] A new question has reared it's ugly head....


> Now I know that the moon has been mapped quite extensively,
> and the location of features very small have been plotted.
> A short time ago, a link to a cool video showing a meteor
> striking the moon, accompanied by a flash of light.
> Now I wonder, has anyone done a visual of the location,
> and noted a new crater there?
> I don't suppose that someone got very lucky and was watching the
> moon as one struck the moon, or alternately and preferred, captured a
> video
> of said event.
> The closest that I know of was the Shoemaker-Levy strike on
> The Big Guy---Jupiter, which was an awesome thing to see, by
> the way.
> Claxton is the only meteorite strike that was witnessed close up
> and in your face ( about 50 feet, give or take) that I know of.
> Monahan 1998 (about the same distance) was another strike very
> close to the witnesses, but I'm not sure if any of the seven kids saw it
> hit.
> Answers, anyone??????????
> Pete IMCA 1733
Received on Sat 09 Aug 2008 08:59:43 PM PDT