[Offtopic] Re: Japanese Spacecraft Set to Hit the Moon

Mon Jun 15 15:16:20 EST 2009

Good question .. I bet the climate change deniers will make whatever mileage
they can from the paperclip variation in the moons orbit that is detected
and the need for further research. The reality is that any variation in the
orbit started long before the crash as the satellite and moon began their
joint orbital dance of death.

There is a moon-quake seismograph on the moon left after the Apollo
missions. They did use this to detect the empty Apollo lander craft that
crashed onto the moon after the impacted the surface. I am curious if it is
still working (albeit it may no longer be working)

I will run both thoughts past a good friend of mine, Ross who has a sound
physics background and is president of the ASV cosmological society.

Regards Roland

2009/6/15 Alan Oh <OH.A at wcc.vic.edu.au>

>  Is the moon now off course? Tides going to change, or will the moon tear
> itself from it’s orbit like in Space 1999 ? Showing my age a little here.
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> *From:* offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Roland Gesthuizen
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> The following link has some photographs of the lunar collision taken by
> some Astronomers at the Anglo Australia Telescope .. working back late, as
> they do best :-)
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> Regards Roland (from a rather overcast Melbourne and wearing a warm footy
> scarf)
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> From: *Rob Hollow* <Robert.Hollow at csiro.au>
> Date: 2009/6/12
> Subject: Re: Japanese Spacecraft lunar impact
> To: Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
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> Hi Roland, astronomers on the AAT imaged it:
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> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Mwtzns-myaARFavL9a8ycg?feat=directlink
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> Rob
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> 2009/6/10 Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
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> If you are reading this on Thursday morning, the collision has already
> happened and you can probably view the pictures (if any).
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>      http://spaceweather.com/
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> At least my WA friends will not have to stay up as late as I must in
> Melbourne to glimpse of the Japanese Spacecraft that is predicted to impact
> on the lunar surface. I will be poking my head outside with a telescope and
> battle the clouds and cold to spot the lunar impact on the top LHS (turning
> their diagram upside down for the southern hemisphere) From my copy of the
> open source software Stellarium, the Moon will be to the NE and about 80
> degrees high (just look up .. no need to use the sofware like I did!)
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> This makes the impact time for Melbourne: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at
> 4:30:00 AM or Perth Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 2:30:00 AM
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> As my wife points out, the last time she looked at space junk in WA, it was
> Skylab with no space repellent to keep the debris away. Dont expect any
> debris clouds spiraling back or blinding flash... just a vague chance of
> spotting something through binoculars or largish telescope. We lost ours
> with the Gippsland bush fires that ran through our school camp back in
> February so I am relying on one that a friend loaned me. Fingers crossed ..
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> Kaguya is a big spaceship. It masses 2,900 kg and will hit the Moon at an
> oblique angle traveling approximately 6,000 km/hr. Whether it tumbles and
> bounces along the lunar surface or runs headlong into some towering crater
> wall, no one can say. Clues to the end of Kaguya will come on June 10th in
> the form of an explosive flash (or lack thereof) and high-res images of the
> crash site taken by future lunar orbiters.
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> If nothing happens, just wave your fist at the moon and get back to writing
> reports.
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> Regards Roland
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> From: *SpaceWeather.com* <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Date: 2009/6/10
> Subject: Japanese Spacecraft Set to Hit the Moon
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> Space Weather News for June 10, 2009
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> IMPACT ALERT: Japan's Kaguya will crash into the Moon on Wednesday, June
> 10th, around 1830 UT. The timing favors observers in Asia and Australia, who
> might be able to see a flash of light or a plume of debris rising from the
> Moon's southeastern limb.  The spacecraft masses 2,600 kg and it will slam
> into the lunar surface at 6,000 km/hr.  No one knows, however, how bright
> the flash might be or whether it will be visible even through large
> telescopes.  Images of the crash, if any are captured, will be posted on
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