chunk of rock hit OUR moon!

[ving]

check this story out....

I should have been looking at the moon when it happened :(
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/051223_moon_meteoroid.html

[Robert_T]

guess that might be a bit small to capture with the ol'd webcam

good to see the moon's still a changin ;)

[space lover]

Well thats pretty cool, seeing something like that would be a 1 in a million chance. How often do you think that rocks or meteorites hit the moon?

[gaa_ian]

I read about that one ... I think I will stick to observing meteor showers on good ole Terra ... much easier to see !

[ballaratdragons]

Bert & I were talking about meteor collisions with the Moon the other day.

During high meteor times, especially Leonids, Taurids etc many many meteors hit the Moon and the chances of capturing a hit is quite possible during these times.

[xrekcor]

I have often wondered about that, it would be amazing to see a great chunk of
something hit the moon... just enough to be able to watch the impact mind you.

regards,CS

[Astroman]

You could always take a few pictures with the same equipment throughout the year and compare the moon to older images and check for new impact sites, using a butterfly tequnique would work well.

[Stu]

Cool story. I wonder what the one in 1999 looked like.

[astrogeek]

It would look really cool if one hit the dark side. Wouldn't you **** yourself though, just looking up at the moon then "flash"....then comes the running and screaming...."The Martians are coming, the Martians are coming!!!!!!!!"