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> Might be related to why moon's surface is so scarred and yet in many centuries of recorded (astronomical) history (since the invention of telescope) we haven'
by widforss 9y ago
> Might be related to why moon's surface is so scarred and yet in many centuries of recorded (astronomical) history (since the invention of telescope) we haven't seen any major lunar impact events.
Except for that 1178 event then.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno_(crater) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno_(crater)
- throwanem 9y ago...half a millennium or so before the telescope was invented?
- kyberias 9y agoWe can assume events of this magnitude can be seen with naked eye. It the the Moon after all. Apparently this is based on recorded eye witness testimony.
- badosu 9y agoI can't comment on this specific event, but there are many accounts of astronomical events visible to the naked eye that were proven to be a useful resource for contemporary astronomy [0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1054#Chinese_astronomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1054#Chinese_astronomy
- JetSetWilly 9y agoIf you read the section you linked it has some very serious - I would say fatal - objections listed to the theory that the impact occurred in 1178.