[Homestead] Amateur astronomers saw meteoroids hitting the Moon

Lynda lurine at softcom.net
Thu Sep 18 04:17:47 EDT 2008


For those on the list who watch the stars, thought this was interesting.

Lynda
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> Amateur astronomers saw meteoroids hitting the Moon
> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/02sep_lunarperseids.htm?list738498
> Amateur astronomers watching the Perseid meteor shower last month saw
> meteoroids hitting not only Earth but also the Moon. The impacts,
> which they recorded using backyard telescopes and off-the-shelf video
> cameras, are featured in today's story from Science at NASA.




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