[meteorite-list] Crackpot in the news
Darren Garrison
cynapse at charter.net
Sat Apr 23 23:55:06 EDT 2005
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 22:43:48 -0500, "Sterling K. Webb" <kelly at bhil.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
> To be distinguishable in a 125mm objective, on a night of perfect seeing, with maximum contrast (a
>white marble on the dark moon), that marble would have to be a minimum of 2.31 kilometers in diameter!
> And, as a practical matter, it would have to be much bigger still if it were an aggie...
>
I'm still wondering over this line:
"Bush said it is common to see meteorites, pieces of a meteor, hitting the Moon's surface, however,
but it was a rare occurrence to catch a meteor strike."
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