https://briankoberlein.com/2017/06/03/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-hit-meteoroid/ Brian Koberlein Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 https://briankoberlein.com/2017/06/03/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-hit-meteoroid/#comment-5324 Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:07:01 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=6660#comment-5324 I probably missed this in elementary school but, how does a meteorite gain that much momentum for such a long period of time?

]]> https://briankoberlein.com/2017/06/03/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-hit-meteoroid/#comment-5321 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:44:03 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=6660#comment-5321 It would be really cool to convert those oscillations into a sound wave 😀

]]> https://briankoberlein.com/2017/06/03/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-hit-meteoroid/#comment-5316 Sun, 04 Jun 2017 22:38:11 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=6660#comment-5316 I found more details here: http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/973 According to that article, the diameter is based on assumed values for the density and velocity. It seems they didn’t work out the velocity from the image. I was trying to work out how the could have gotten the mass and velocity when all they had was the change in momentum of the camera.

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