Lunar Geminids
January 3, 2007: Another meteor shower, another bunch of lunar impacts...
"On Dec. 14, 2006, we observed at least five Geminid meteors hitting the Moon," reports Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, AL. Each impact caused an explosion ranging in power from 50 to 125 lbs of TNT and a flash of light as bright as a 7th-to-9th magnitude star.
More at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03jan_lunargeminids.htm?list864576
January 3, 2007: Another meteor shower, another bunch of lunar impacts...
"On Dec. 14, 2006, we observed at least five Geminid meteors hitting the Moon," reports Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, AL. Each impact caused an explosion ranging in power from 50 to 125 lbs of TNT and a flash of light as bright as a 7th-to-9th magnitude star.
More at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03jan_lunargeminids.htm?list864576
