New Scientist – a hole on the Moon. 22 October 2009.

[Dennis]

A hole (65-metre-wide, extending at least 80 metres down) has been discovered on the Moon. As reported in New Scientist 22 October 2009.

Cheers

Dennis

[Astro78]

[renormalised (Carl)]

They've seen quite a few of those on Mars as well.

[DJDD]

aliens

[MrB (Simon)]

It's where this came from:

[Nesti (Mark)]

Originally Posted by Dennis

A hole (65-metre-wide, extending at least 80 metres down) has been discovered on the Moon. As reported in New Scientist 22 October 2009.

Cheers

Dennis

Those dimensions are grossly over-exaggerated. I’ve attached a picture so you can get a feel for the size.

Dr Floyd must not have filled in the hole.

[Dennis]

Hmm, after the 1st couple of posts expressing wonderment and informing of similar holes discovered on Mars, the thread appears to have degenerated for some weird reason, given it is a rather simple piece of astronomy news that seeks to explain the potential phenomenon of collapsed lava tubes???

Maybe it’s just the relief of the weekend and the exuberance arising from the opportunity to stay up all night viewing!

Cheers

Dennis

[MrB (Simon)]

Originally Posted by Dennis

Maybe it’s just the relief of the weekend and the exuberance arising from the opportunity to stay up all night viewing!

LOL, sorry Dennis, when I first saw the image of the hole, my mind immediately pictured the 'probe' from Start Trek IV
No, there's no exhuberance here, cloudy night ahead.

[Dennis]

Hi Simon

No apologies required, but thank you nonetheless for your courteousness!

I guess I was expecting the discussion to develop and include discussing the location of these holes and whether or not it would be possible to image them from the Earth.

I’m not really a Star Trek fan and I haven’t yet seen 2001, so sadly, much of that stuff is lost on me! But for trekkies and Kubrick fans – go for it!

Rain here in Brisbane by the way.

Cheers

Dennis

[DavidU (Dave)]

Interesting.The sub surface temp must be very low.