Meteors hit Moon; rare event detected by UAE observatory Wam
A Sharjah observatory has detected rare sequential impacts on the Moon.
Detected by the Sharjah Astronomical Observatory, the team has analysed the time of impacts and their relative positions. Based on this, it has been determined that they are a series of meteorite impacts. They resulted from the disintegration of the meteoroid due to the gravitational pull of the Moon as it approaches its surface.
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It appears from preliminary analyses that these impacts have created new craters on the surface of the Moon ranging in diameter from 5 to 10 metres.
Sharjah Astronomical Observatory detects rare sequential impacts on Moon Tue 26th January 2021 | 08:45 PM
SHARJAH, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 26th Jan, 2021) The Sharjah Astronomical Observatory at the Sharjahacademy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) of the University of Sharjah, has detected rare sequential impacts on the Moon.
Prof. Hamid M.K. Al Naimiy, Chancellor of the University of Sharjah, General Director of SAASST, and President of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences, announced this observation.
He added that these impacts were observed using the Sharjah Lunar Impacts Observatory Telescope (SLIO) of the Sharjah Astronomical Observatory. It consists of a three-metre-high dome equipped with a 14-inch Meade telescope and many sensitive instruments.