Today's APOD shows the visible light from a large meteorite hitting the Moon during a lunar eclipse, clearly visible in a telescope image.
Apparently, last September, the largest such example was observed, a 400 kg rock moving at about 18 km/s which made an explosion that stayed visible as a glow for 8 seconds and made a crater about 40 meter across.
Today's APOD shows the visible light from a large meteorite hitting the Moon during a lunar eclipse, clearly visible in a telescope image.
Apparently, last September, the largest such example was observed, a 400 kg rock moving at about 18 km/s which made an explosion that stayed visible as a glow for 8 seconds and made a crater about 40 meter across.