Rare footage: Asteroid crashed on Moon
A Spanish astronomer was able to record a rare astronomical event. An asteroid crashed into the Moon, and lucky Spanish recorded it on camera.
![Rare footage: Asteroid crashed on Moon](https://img.bbmd.gr/img/1260/max/82/2014/02/25/a69fcd51c485e0ad443945d63e57e25d.jpg?t=iqTuDKnbodjyv_51IYBpUg)
On September 11, 2013 Jose Maria Madiedo, professor at the University of Huelva, was observing the Moon with two telescopes, when he saw a glow at "Sea of Clouds", Mare Nobium.
After that "powerful" glow, he recorded for eight seconds, a dim light coming from the same area on the surface of the Moon.
According to his calculations, the asteroid weighted about 400 kg, had a diameter of 60 to 140 cm and the speed at moment of the impact reached 60,000 kilometers per hour.
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