Planetary and Space Science ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-04 , DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2021.105201 Chrysa Avdellidou , Edhah Munaibari , Raven Larson , Jeremie Vaubaillon , Marco Delbo , Paul Hayne , Mark Wieczorek , Daniel Sheward , Antony Cook
We are preparing a telescope system to carry out a survey of detection and analysis of lunar impact flashes. In the framework of this project, here we present all necessary methods to automatically identify these luminous events, their lunar impact coordinates, the origin of the impacting meteoroids, as well as the estimation of their physical properties such as mass and size. We tested our methods against confirmed impact events and constructed the meteoroid size frequency distribution of impactors using literature data of the last 20 years. In addition, we present the first lunar impact event observed from the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur that was detected during the testing phase of our project.
中文翻译:
对月球的影响:撞击器的分析方法和尺寸分布
我们正在准备一个望远镜系统,以进行探测和分析月球撞击闪光的调查。在该项目的框架中,我们在此介绍了所有必要的方法,以自动识别这些发光事件,其月球撞击坐标,撞击流星体的起源以及估算其物理性质(例如质量和大小)。我们针对确认的撞击事件测试了我们的方法,并使用最近20年的文献数据构建了撞击器的流星体大小频率分布。此外,我们还介绍了在我们的项目测试阶段发现的从蔚蓝海岸天文台观测到的第一个月球撞击事件。