At sunset, this Tuesday, June 14, I took my son and one of his friends to photograph the full moon rising behind Mont Blanc.The moonrise time was 10:05 p.m., the time it rose behind the chain of the Alps, it was around 10:30 p.m.The telephoto lens set to the moon, tripod and remote control to prevent motion blur.At 10:33 p.m. the moon begins to appear behind the mountains and it is very beautiful.But then at 10:34 p.m. a sharp, straight shadow in a 45 degree trajectory from right to left appears, passes in front of the moon slowly, separates into two pieces, a head and tail at 10:35 p.m. before disappearing at 10:37 p.m.
the full story and additional pics and timelapse video :
https://www.lastrophoto.com/un-meteorite-devant-la-pleine-lune/(French and English)My analysis, from what I understand from what I think I know:
If it was a meteor or a meteorite, the object would have emitted light as it burned up in the atmosphere.
Moreover, it would have crossed the sky at 35 km/sec and would have had the apparent speed of a shooting star.
however, it did not emit light, and it covered the 0,5 degrees of angle that the moon represents in 4 minutes.It is therefore very far behind the atmosphere, but between the moon and us, therefore less than 380,000 km, a hair on the scale of the solar system.Would it be possible that it was an asteroid which would have passed between the moon and the earth ? And very very close!Whatever it is, I feel lucky to have been able to witness this wonder.
Any other idea of what it can be ? an asteroid ?
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