Space Rock Hit Moon at 61,000 kmph in January

A space rock collided with the Moon at 61,000 km an hour, making a 10-15 metres crater during January's total lunar eclipse, say astronomers.

the Earth, the Moon has no atmosphere to protect it and even small rocks can hit its surface.

these impacts take place at huge speeds, the rocks get instantaneously vaporised at the impact, producing an expanding plume of debris whose glow can be detected from our planet as short-duration flashes.

Observers watching the January 21 total eclipse saw a short-lived flash as a meteorite hit the lunar surface, according to a study published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Observers in North and South America and Western Europe enjoyed the best view of the lunar eclipse. Just after the beginning of the eclipse, a flash was seen on the lunar surfaces
Via : INAS