Re: (meteorobs) Do leonids hitting the moon make observable craters?

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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Do leonids hitting the moon make observable craters?
From: Patrice Scattolin <scattol@videotrondot ca>
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 17:28:25 -0500
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YoungBob2@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 12/1/2001 9:42:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> scattol@videotrondot ca writes:
> 
> << When meteroids hit the moon and create enought of a flash to be observed from
>  earth, do they make a big enough crater to be viewed with an amateur telescope?
>  Anyone tried to observed them? Any success?
>   >>
>  Patrice:
> 
> The crater would have to be about 1 km across to see with an amateur-class
> scope.  The smallest crater visible with any telescope from Earth is about
> 1/2 km, I believe.


Ok, so how big a crater the objects that create these flashes
make?



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