A low-dispersion spectral video camera for observing lunar impact flashes

Abstract An impact of a meteoroid on the lunar surface at speeds exceeding several kilometers per second generates a light flash generally less than 0.1 s in duration. We made a simple spectral video camera for observing the lunar impact flashes and monitored the waxing crescent Moon’s non-sunlit su...

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Main Authors: Masahisa Yanagisawa, Fumihiro Kakinuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-04-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-022-01575-9