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Posted on 05/21/2008 2:11:19 PM PDT by blam
Very good....Thanks.
Astronomers and philosophers have, from time almost immemorial until very recently, asserted that the moon was uninhabited, that it had no atmosphere etc.. But recent discoveries, through the means of powerful telescopes, have given scientists a doubt or two upon the old theory.
Nearly all the great discoveries of men in the last half-century have, in one way or another, either directly or indirectly, contributed to prove Joseph Smith to be a Prophet.
As far back as 1837, I know that he said the moon was inhabited by men and women the same as this earth, and that they lived to a greater age than we do -- that they live generally to near the age of a 1000 years.
He described the men as averaging near six feet in height, and dressing quite uniformly in something near the Quaker style.
Oliver B Huntington 1892
Very good answer!
Have you ever been to KIRKWOOD, MO?
They have a very nice example of a preserved railway station on the Amtrak line.
My home was built by John KIRKWOOD
You have saved me having to type that!
A Meteoroid Hits the Moon
NASA | 6/13/2006
Posted on 06/14/2006 6:37:50 AM PDT by steve-b
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1649147/posts
Geminid Meteors Seen Striking The Moon
New Scientist | 1-5-2006 | Kelly Young
Posted on 01/05/2007 12:31:14 PM PST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763035/posts
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Ping.
Thanks for the moon ping ping.
This is an indication of how much space debris hits the earth every day, and probably why the surface of the earth has built up over time (the older a layer of rock, the deeper it is buried).
He who smelt it, dealt it.
Not totally clear why this has only become apparent *since* 2005 - it’s not as if the moon is some obscure object that no one bothered to look at before. What kind of instrumentation is needed to see and catalog these flashes? Backyard telescope and a camera? Hubble telescope? Something in between?
Also wonder what, if anything, could be learned from the distribution of these flashes? Are they truly random, or are they biased in some way or another? If so what does that say?
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