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"A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescope, NASA reported Friday (5/17/2013). But don't be alarmed if you didn't see it; it was a very brief burst of light when seen from Earth."It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen before," said Bill Cooke, of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. “An object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium. It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we’ve ever seen before.”NASA astronomers have been monitoring the moon for the past eight years, looking for explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. It's part of a program to find new fields of space debris that could hit Earth. NASA says it sees hundreds of detectable lunar meteoroid impacts a year. So is it safe to go on a moonwalk, or not? In the middle of March, when the impacts are most likely, it might be a good time to stay inside."http://www.allproudamericans.com/Explosion-on-the-Moon.html
"A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescope, NASA reported Friday (5/17/2013). But don't be alarmed if you didn't see it; it was a very brief burst of light when seen from Earth.
"It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen before," said Bill Cooke, of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. “An object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium. It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we’ve ever seen before.”
NASA astronomers have been monitoring the moon for the past eight years, looking for explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. It's part of a program to find new fields of space debris that could hit Earth.
NASA says it sees hundreds of detectable lunar meteoroid impacts a year. So is it safe to go on a moonwalk, or not? In the middle of March, when the impacts are most likely, it might be a good time to stay inside."
http://www.allproudamericans.com/Explosion-on-the-Moon.html
