[meteorite-list] Meteorite impact on moon during eclipse

From: Alfredo Petrov <alfredo_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 03:21:27 +0100
Message-ID: <CAHy2-pOFTdnrw4ps0WQtQ6fYyz8As7sSiVJd0MKJu1TO26K+Bw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Remember that from any given spot on Earth, we can see tens or hundreds of
meteors every night and, if we had no atmosphere, almost all of those would
impact and create a flash, instead of burning up in the atmosphere.
Assuming that the same number of loose stones per unit volume of space pass
by the Moon as the Earth, there should be several such flashes per night
visible on the dark side of the moon. It might be really interesting to
watch when a lunar eclipse happens to occur during one of the large meteor
showers.
Cheers,
Alfredo

On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 at 02:30, John Lutzon via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Regarding Tracy's post--in a full Blood moon, an impact was observeable--
> Good call Tracy...which may not have been seen on a "brighter" moon.
>
> So, are there Any Moon observations that are being performed with different
> filters. I believe impacts are occuring more often than we (see) know. ??
>
> Does anyone have a guesstimate on the speed/size/origin/crater size
> of this particular impact?
>
> Nite, John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tracy latimer via Meteorite-list" <
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 11:19 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite impact on moon during eclipse
>
>
> We watched the lunar eclipse Sunday night, although in mid-Pacific we were
> only able to see it from totality on. As the Moon
> started to reemerge from shadow, one of our friends said, "Does anyone
> else see that reddish light on the moon by the terminator?"
> Squinting, we just caught the end of a very brief flare. I was hoping and
> wondering if we had spotted an impact, and lo!
>
>
> https://www.newscientist.com/article/2191526-a-meteorite-hit-the-moon-during-yesterdays-total-lunar-eclipse/
> A meteorite hit the moon during yesterday?s total lunar eclipse
> Observers of yesterday?s lunar eclipse were blessed with the first known
> sighting of a meteorite impact during such an event. The
> so-called ?super wolf blood moon? was eagerly watched by ...
> www.newscientist.com
>
> Another of our friends online caught the impact on video:
> "At 1:23:04 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idU8JfrS-xM&t=4984s>you can
> see an impact flash occur on the moon at about the 8
> o'clock position near the edge! This matches with a variety of other
> videos of the eclipse which caught the same event.? " ~~
> Astromut
>
> I was very lucky!
>
> Best!
> Tracy Latimer
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