[meteorite-list] NEW TIME! How To Observe SMART-1's Impact on theMoon

MexicoDoug MexicoDoug at aim.com
Sat Sep 2 23:50:14 EDT 2006


WHOops - it is only 3 degrees above the horizon in St. Louis.  Sorry!  But
it seems to be just a difference of 2 minutes and the time is as promised.
It will be 10 degrees high in Denver, and 12 degrees high in Houston, which
pretty much draws the diagonal across the States positive to the west, on
who can see it and to the east who can't from what I can figure...

Doug

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
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theMoon


> Hi,
>
>     The crash did not occur at 1041 PDT (0841 CDT, 0741 EDT).
>     The correction to clear the crater, according to this source:
> http://technocrat.net/d/2006/9/2/7440
> and three others in the last hour or two, has delayed the impact
>       until 01:43 AM SUN SEPT 3 EDT
> which is 12:43 AM SUN SEPT 3 CDT
> which is 11:43 PM SAT SEPT 2 PDT
> which is 09:43 PM SAT SEPT 2 HAWAII
>     This will also shift the areas from which it can be viewed to
> the West. Where I am, the Moon will be below the horizon then.
>     Good luck if you're trying to get a look at it!
>
> Sterling K. Webb
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 6:26 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] How To Observe SMART-1's Impact on the Moon
>
>
> >
> >
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn9891-how-to-observe-smart1s-impac
t-on-the-moon.html
> >
> > > The expected impact time is 1041 PDT on Saturday (0541 GMT on Sunday).
> > > However, mission planners are performing one last burn on Friday to
> > raise the spacecraft's orbit by 600 metres and prevent an early crash.
> > "We want to be sure we avoid this rim," [Clausius crater]
>
>
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