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Astronomer records video of asteroid smashing into the Moon

24-2-2014 < Red Ice Creations 284 67 words
 

An astronomer has caught on video the moment that an asteroid, weighing an estimated 400kg, smashed into the Moon at 38,000 miles per hour (61,150 km/h). Professor Jose Maria Madiedo of the University of Huelva, Spain, saw the images whilst operating two telescopes at 20:07 GMT on 11th September 2013, but has now published his report by the Royal Astronomical Society ...
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