Thanks for sharing that Darren. I took a look at the main image. There are
many such 'moving boulders' visible across it with many much longer than the
one mentioned in the blog. Some are even large arcs. Fascinating stuff.
http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/view/M122597190LE
Cheers,
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "MEM" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Don't skip looking at this!
I had the opportunity to discuss this with Apollo 16 Astronaut Charlie
Dukes, once upon a time: finding a "meteorite" trail on the lunar surface
with a prize at rest at the end of the track. He said they saw some dashed
tracks clearly indicating something had skipped along the ground. There
were tracks but, they did not see what made them.
Before I better understood the big picture dynamics, I had wondered if an
extremely low-angle, "glancing" encounter might allow a meteorite to brush
the ground and go bouncing down the "fairway" a la Al Shepard(Apollo 14).
And if so would there be a track to follow. We know now it is pretty much
impossible for that scenario but seems we have good photographic evidence
what types of lunar objects can.
Skipping back to you DG...
Elton
----- Original Message ----
From: Darren Garrison <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 12:37:34 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Don't skip looking at this!
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/24/lunar-boulder-hits-a-hole-in-one/
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