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Astronomer records an object crash on the Moon with a bright flash. See video

As Earth witnesses the peak of the Geminid meteor shower with up to 120 meteors per hour streaking through the sky, a fascinating event has unfolded on our celestial neighbour, the Moon. Daichi Fujii, curator of the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan, has been meticulously recording meteor impacts on the Moon using high-speed cameras. "There was another lunar impact flash tonight," Fujii shared in a post on X, highlighting an uptick in bright meteors during this period. While some experts speculate that these impacts are tied to the Geminid meteor shower, Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society notes that sporadic meteors might also be responsible.

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