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RAS: Astronomers spot record-breaking lunar impact

Post by MargaritaMc » Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:20 pm

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Astronomers spot record-breaking lunar impact

A meteorite with the mass of a small car crashed into the Moon last September, according to Spanish astronomers. The impact, the biggest seen to date, produced a bright flash and would have been easy to spot from Earth.
The scientists publish their description of the event in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.*


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*A large lunar impact blast on 2013 September 11
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