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Re: (meteorobs) Do leonids hitting the moon make observable craters?
Robert:
The "splash" pattern of lunar craters which is most easily visible
extends about one crater radius beyond the rim, therefore this
would only double the diameter of a 10 kg meteoroid to 9 meters.
Still not large enough to be seen from Earth.
Bob Young
In a message dated 12/7/2001 9:51:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mgwebb@westdot net writes:
<< On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Dr. Tony Phillips wrote:
> According to computer simulations a 10 kg Leonid meteoroid striking the
> Moon will produce a crater about 4.5 meters wide. Such a crater is too
> small to resolve even by the Hubble telescope. But the explosion that
> produces the crater may, under the right conditions, be detected from
> Earth, as astronomers have recently done.
Perhaps the debris ejected by the impact could be seen by comparing
before and after pictures. The debris would be spread over an area
much larger than the crater itself. >>
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