Oops, sent in richtext... ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Mark Bowling <mina...@yahoo.com> To: Bernd V. Pauli <bernd.pa...@paulinet.de>; "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:58 PM Subject: contemporary lunar impacts
Bernd, That is a very interesting reference. William Herschel is one of my favorite historical figures & I remember reading about his observations of lunar volcanoes in a book titled "little known science oddities" book (or something like that - I still have that book somewhere in my collection). It always fascinated me and when I studied geology at university, I always remembered his claim whenever we studied volcanoes or impacts. I didn't take my geology studies quite as far as I should have and I never took the time to research whether large impacts could produce enough melted rock to leave a glowing scar or not. I don't know if I ever posed that question to any of my professors, but I always got the impression that, since the moon is "volcanically dead", it wasn't very likely. But I'd like to think it can, and that such a great observer was blessed to see such a unique event. I would like to hear more from others who know about this topic. I recently had a brief look at a site which discussed how amateurs (?) have been detecting meteor impacts on the moon. It could have been the Cloudbait Observatory, Thomas Ashcraft's site or a site in Canada?? Pretty fascinating stuff! I look forward to getting my telescope back up and running soon:) Thanks for bringing this up! Clear skies, Mark B. Vail, AZ ________________________________ From: Bernd V. Pauli <bernd.pa...@paulinet.de> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 2:03 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] The Dark Side.. Oops! Phil wrote: "Do people still say 'dark side of the moon' when referring to the far side of the moon? Lunar Volcanoes - William Herschel observed lunar lights (Astronomy Now, April 1999, p. 58): "April 19, 1787. I perceive three volcanoes in different places of the d a r k s i d e of the new moon." Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list