[meteorite-list] A new question has reared it's ugly head....

[Chris Peterson]

The video meteor strikes on the Moon have all involved shower components. 
Little bitty pieces, nowhere near large enough to make a crater detectable 
from the Earth.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Shugar" <pshugar at clearwire.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 6:51 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] A new question has reared it's ugly head....



> Now I know that the moon has been mapped quite extensively,

> and the location of features very small have been plotted.

> A short time ago, a link to a cool video showing a meteor

> striking the moon, accompanied by a flash of light.

> Now I wonder, has anyone done a visual of the location,

> and noted a new crater there?

> I don't suppose that someone got very lucky and was watching the

> moon as one struck the moon, or alternately and preferred, captured a 

> video

> of said event.

> The closest that I know of was the Shoemaker-Levy strike on

> The Big Guy---Jupiter, which was an awesome thing to see, by

> the way.

> Claxton is the only meteorite strike that was witnessed close up

> and in your face ( about 50 feet, give or take) that I know of.

> Monahan 1998 (about the same distance) was another strike very

> close to the witnesses, but I'm not sure if any of the seven kids saw it

> hit.

> Answers, anyone??????????

> Pete IMCA 1733