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How many of those are there?
by Grimburger 4y ago
How many of those are there?
- jfk13 4y agoAccording to https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/a-rogue-rocket-part-is-about-to-collide-with-the-moon https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/a-rogue-r..., this was "the first known event of its kind". So I guess we don't have much to compare with...
- KMag 4y agoThat's not a great source. By "of its kind" they must mean accidental booster stage impacts. NASA intentionally crashed 5 different Saturn V 3rd stages into the moon. At least some of those impacts were to generate vibrations for the seismometers they installed on the moon. See the Wikipedia article linked by the sibling post.
- jahnu 4y agoSort by status: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_on_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_on_...