Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/01/23/a-surprise-meteorite-hit-the-m.html
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Sure it wasn’t just a Chinese tourist taking a flash shot?
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HA! Everyone else said I was just seeing things.
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No they didn’t. You were just hearing things.
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Nobody expects a surprise meteorite!
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Right. That research project is discussed in the article I link to from my post.
Oh that’s right, I had read about that before and forgotten.
“Super wolf blood moon lunar eclipse meteor impact” is too long to be a good band name, sadly.
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More lyric than name.
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SHADO interceptor takes out an incoming saucer
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I was taking photos. I saw a meteorite near the moon thought maybe this was it… but no definitely not which makes sense I don’t suppose a moon strike would have a tail.
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“Lunar Eclipse Meteor Impact” could be the name of a SWBM album, though.
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South Wales British Movement? Oh, Second Wave Black Metal. I didn’t know it had a second wave…
Hmm, surely “blood” and “wolf” would be in there, too? Or is that more first wave?
“Football-sized meteorite”, huh. Does anyone know where Tom Brady was at the time?
Nope. There’s not a sufficient atmosphere on the moon to cause incandescence.
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Yeah, it is more of a Type-O Negative track name.
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So. Touchdown?
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Somewhat tangential, but I was watching this the other day:
…which raised a few points.
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As well as the famous Straits, Magellan also has a few galaxies and a pair of moon craters named after him.
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Magellan was a douche.
So, I had a thought:
Any chance we can get this new crater named after Lapu-Lapu?
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