An unknown object crashed into the moon

An astronomer from Japan was able to capture the moment of falling of a mysterious object on the Moon.

It was probably a meteor from the stream Geminidae. About it reports FLScienceI.

For the first time, meteor stream Geminids seen from Earth in the 1800s. It is an unusual star fall that is formed by the remnants of an asteroid with the properties of a comet.

The meteor stream is active from December 4 to December 20, and it peaks on December 13-14.

There is speculation that the stream may contain large, potentially dangerous objects, but most of the meteors burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere.

But as images obtained by Daichi Fuji, an astronomer and curator at the Hiratsuka Museum in Japan, have shown, some of them may fall on the moon.

今夜はもう1つ月面衝突閃光がありました。2024年12月8日22時34分35秒に自宅から360fpsで撮影し(スロー再生)、複数台の望遠鏡で確認できました。連日明るい流星や火球が流れていますが、月面衝突閃光も続けて捉えられています。 pic.twitter.com/iHUq9EuXQg

— 藤井大地 (@dfuji1) December 8, 2024

土星食終了後に月面衝突閃光がありました！2024年12月8日19時41分33秒に自宅から620fpsで撮影し、複数台の望遠鏡で捉えました(スロー再生)。月は大気がないため流星は見られずクレーターができる瞬間に光ります。まだデータ整理中ですが、6日17時26分27秒と7日18時3分6秒にも閃光を確認できています。 pic.twitter.com/QPmgJVMgQl

— 藤井大地 (@dfuji1) December 8, 2024

The astronomer was also able to capture images of other meteors that had fallen to the moon on previous nights.

Although Geminids are the most likely explanation for the origin of the mysterious object, it cannot be stated unequivocally.