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WAS THE FORMATION OF A 20‐KM‐DIAMETER IMPACT CRATER ON THE MOON OBSERVED ON JUNE 18, 1178?
Author(s) -
Hartung Jack B.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1976.tb00319.x
Subject(s) - impact crater , geology , french horn , astrobiology , evening , event (particle physics) , astronomy , physics , astrophysics , acoustics
As reported in medieval chronicles, on the evening of June 18, 1178, the upper horn of a new moon split, and from the division a flaming torch sprang up. We interpret this observation in terms of a large impact event which formed the 20‐km‐diameter crater, Giordano Bruno.