Plume from lunar impact seen
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023774
Space.com : NASA scientists have finally seen in their data a debris plume created by the impact of a moon probe last week onto the Cabeus crater , at the lunar south pole.
A thermal image of the impact (credit: NASA)
The faint plume was seen in the data from the engineered crash one week after the impact of the LCROSS probe in the ultraviolet/visible and near-IR wavelengths.
A image of a plume of debris. NASA estimates the dust went up about a mile. (credit: NASA)
“There is a clear indication of a plume of vapor and fine debris,” said Anthony Colaprete , LCROSS principal investigator and project scientist. Related news story NASA moon crash did kick up debris plume as hoped LA Times
