Optical detection of meteoroidal impacts on the Moon

Sada, P. V. ; Bellot Rubio, L. R. ; Aceituno, F. J. ; Aceituno, J. ; GutiƩrrez, P. J. ; Thiele, U. ; Ortiz, J. L.

[s.l.] : Macmillian Magazines Ltd.
Published 2000
ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Impacts of meteoroids on the Moon should cause detectable optical flashes, but the population of objects that are big enough is very low, and hitherto no unambiguous impact flashes have been recorded. The flux of meteoroids associated with the Leonid meteor shower of 18 November 1999 was ...
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Electronic Resource
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