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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA meteor hit the moon during the lunar eclipse. Here's what we know.
On Sunday, January 20, viewers across the Western Hemisphere were treated to the rusty hues of the decade's last blood moon eclipse. But as people across the planet watched the moon glow crimson, some lucky observers caught an unexpected delight: the flash of a space rock striking the lunar orb.
It's a rare alignment of infrequent events, says Justin Cowart, a Ph.D. candidate at Stony Brook University in New York. A [meteoroid] about this size hits the moon about once a week or so, he says. But if this event is confirmed, it may be the first time such an impact has been recorded during a lunar eclipse.
An eagle-eyed viewer on Reddit spotted the potential impact during the eclipse and reached out to the r/space community to see if others could weigh in. The news spread quickly on social media, as people from across the path of totality posted their images and video of this tiny flicker of light.
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A meteor hit the moon during the lunar eclipse. Here's what we know. (Original Post)
mfcorey1
Jan 2019
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BumRushDaShow
(126,616 posts)1. Here is a shot of it (white dot on the left side)
(similar pic to the OP article's pic where the OP article's image isn't using a DU-supported image format)
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elocs This message was self-deleted by its author.
I actually went out there (just outside my front door) to see it in brief couple minute increments (the temp was 15F at the time). It was partly cloudy so whenever it was clouded over, I bailed and came back in. Pretty cool though although I have seen one before... However many times during these types of events here in the Philly area, the weather never cooperates.
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Farmer-Rick
(10,034 posts)2. What an odd confluence of lunar events
It was too cold and windy to stay out too long here so I only saw the last 30 minutes of it. Well, worth fighting the cold.
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)3. That must mean the end times are coming. It must be a sign from god
I can hear it now from the nutty religious folks
HipChick
(25,485 posts)5. Ah well..mankind had a good run
and fucked up all kinds of stuff along the way
Hermit-The-Prog
(32,891 posts)7. the alien planet-eating termites have arrived!
That's a spaceship, not a meteor.
We're doomed.
Have a nice day.