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Astronomer recorded the fall of a meteorite on the moon

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Filming these events has scientific value, helping scientists understand the frequency of impacts on the lunar surface.

Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii filmed a meteorite impact on the moon, causing a brief flash in the night sky. Space.com reported it.

It is known that the event took place on February 23 at 20:14 local time (13:14 Kyiv time).

According to the scientist, the meteorite fell near the Ideler L crater, a little northwest of the Pitiscus crater. Such objects move at an average speed of about 13.4 kilometers per second. When they collide with larger bodies, a large amount of heat is released, a bright flash of light is emitted. If the meteorite is large enough, then its fall on the Moon will be visible from Earth.

The resulting crater could be up to 10 meters in diameter, the Japanese astronomer said, and could soon be seen by lunar orbiters such as the US Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter or the Indian Chandrayaan 2.

Experts point out that although meteors crash into Earth every day, most of them burn up completely upon contact with the atmosphere. However, the Moon has a very fragile exosphere, so meteors that do not reach Earth’s surface often fall on the Moon, creating craters on it.

Earlier it was reported that in Canada, in the sky above Toronto, surveillance cameras recorded a huge fireball.

In Japan, cameras recorded the fall of a bright meteorite

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Source: korrespondent

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