{"id":412310,"date":"2022-03-05T02:04:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T23:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/scientists-think-an-old-rocket-just-hit-the-moon-going-5800-mph\/"},"modified":"2022-03-05T02:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T23:04:14","slug":"scientists-think-an-old-rocket-just-hit-the-moon-going-5800-mph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-think-an-old-rocket-just-hit-the-moon-going-5800-mph\/","title":{"rendered":"#Scientists think an old rocket just hit the Moon going 5,800 mph"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2809c5f0c62\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2809c5f0c62\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-think-an-old-rocket-just-hit-the-moon-going-5800-mph\/#%E2%80%9CScientists_think_an_old_rocket_just_hit_the_Moon_going_5800_mph%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Scientists think an old rocket just hit the Moon going 5,800 mph&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CScientists_think_an_old_rocket_just_hit_the_Moon_going_5800_mph%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Scientists think an old rocket just hit the Moon going 5,800 mph&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2020\/moon.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2020\/moon.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Side view of the crater Moltke taken from Apollo 10. Credit: Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2020\/moon.jpg\" alt=\"moon\" title=\"Side view of the crater Moltke taken from Apollo 10. Credit: Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Side view of the crater Moltke taken from Apollo 10. Credit: Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Add one more crater to the long list of pockmarks on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>According to orbital calculations, a rocket hurtling through space for years crashed into the Moon on Friday, but the strike wasn&#8217;t directly observed, and there might be a wait for photographic evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The impact would have taken place at 7:25 am Eastern Time (1225 GMT), on the far side of the Moon, said the astronomer Bill Gray, who was the first to predict the collision.<\/p>\n<p>Racing through the cosmos at around 5,800 mph (9,300 kph), the roughly four ton object should make a crater &#8220;10 or 20 meters across,&#8221; Gray told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Its speed, trajectory, and time of impact were calculated using Earth-based telescope observations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had lots (and lots) of tracking data for the object, and there is nothing acting on it except the forces of gravity and sunlight,&#8221; he said, with the latter pushing the cylinder gently away from the Sun.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unless the object was removed by an occult hand, it hit the Moon this morning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The identification of the rocket has been a subject of debate, since there is no official entity responsible for listing and tracking junk in deep space.<\/p>\n<p>Gray, an independent contractor who has created orbital calculation software used by NASA, hunts for and monitors human-made debris, so that scientists do not confuse it for asteroids and study it unnecessarily.<\/p>\n<p>He initially thought what he was seeing was a SpaceX rocket, but later changed his mind and said it was a third-stage booster of Chang&#8217;e 5-T1, launched in 2014 as part of the Chinese space agency&#8217;s lunar exploration program.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing denied responsibility, saying the booster in question had &#8220;safely entered the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere and was completely incinerated&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But according to Gray, the statement by China&#8217;s foreign ministry conflated two missions with similar names, and was actually talking about a rocket launched much later.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, only NASA&#8217;s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India&#8217;s Chandrayaan-2, both of which orbit the Moon, will be able to image the crater.<\/p>\n<p>The US space agency said in late January it wanted to survey the crater, but said that finding it would be a challenge that might take &#8220;weeks to months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Gray, both probes are able to observe any region on the Moon once a month.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not unusual for rocket stages to be abandoned to the cosmos after serving their purpose of launching spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>But this would mark the first time an unintentional collision with the Moon has been projected.<\/p>\n<p>Spacecraft have been intentionally crashed into the Moon before for scientific purposes, such as during the Apollo missions to test seismometers.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Three, two, one: astronomers predict SpaceX space junk will hit the Moon\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Scientists think an old rocket just hit the Moon going 5,800 mph (2022, March  4)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved  4 March 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-03-scientists-rocket-moon-mph.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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