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Re: (meteorobs) Lunar Flash or Flare
Did you check for the possibility of some Iridium satellites which happened
to be in the direction of the Moon? You may input your local coordinates
under http://www.heavens-above.com/ and get the predictions for your
site.
The flash from those satellites were called flares.
With best regards, Jin
> Cosmological greetings!
>
> They forgive me if it goes off topic, but I would like to know somebody of
> this list saw two flare, or better, two flash in the Moon. , today July 02,
> 2001, between 17:30 and 18:00 local time (14:30 and 15:00 U.T)? And the
> first of them happened closer to the center of the Moon and very brilliant.
> The other flash happened little time later (I believe that about 10 minutes
> after the first) and less luminous good in the south border of the Moon.
> The Moon met between the Constellation Oph and Sco, to the about 20 degrees
> on the horizon East, and the planet Mars shone close of her. The sky was
> still relatively clear, because that are in the winter in Brazil and it
> darkens earlier.
> Do forgive me the ignorance, but... would I also like to know this
> occurrence type it can be meteor or some other phenomenon? Another thing,
> when of the occurrence of phenomenons of that type, do we say, flare or
> flash???
> Very thanked
> Celestial hugs
>
>
> Rosely - Br.
> gregio@dglnet.com.br
> http://members.nbci.com/Rosely/Index.htm
> http://membro.intermega.com.br/rgregio/
> http://construindobjetos.na-webdot net
> http://members.nbci.com/terra_maravilha/
> http://www.geocities.com/alnitack_br/
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