(meteorobs) [Fwd: Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit the Moon]

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Subject: 	Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit the Moon
Date: 	Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:34:21 -0500
From: 	NASA Science News <snglist at snglist.msfc.nasa.gov>
To: 	NASA Science News <snglist at snglist.msfc.nasa.gov>



NASA Science News for September 2, 2008

Amateur astronomers watching the Perseid meteor shower last month saw
meteoroids hitting not only Earth but also the Moon. The impacts, which
they recorded using backyard telescopes and off-the-shelf video cameras,
are featured in today's story from Science at NASA.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/02sep_lunarperseids.htm?list974465

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