Dr. Gad El-Qadi, head of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, confirmed that a missile collision with the moon does not pose any threat or cause damage to the planet.
Al-Qadi said, in the direct meeting he held regarding the space debris expected to collide with the moon in the coming hours, via Zoom technology, that monitoring and follow-up is underway by the institute’s scientists and researchers for this missile, and the data is being updated as soon as possible.
And the world continues to prepare for the crash of a missile object on the surface of the moon tomorrow, Friday, at regarding (12:25 pm GMT), knowing that this event is not observed from Earth because it will happen on the other side of the moon and has no effect on the planet.
Measurements indicate that the rocket’s stage is on its way to hitting the Hertzsprung crater on the far side of the Moon and would be the first time a piece of junk accidentally hits the Moon (this doesn’t count spacecraft that crashed while trying to land on the Moon, or rocket objects that have been destined to collide surface of the moon).
It is expected that the crater that will result from the impact will be less shallow than natural craters and is characterized by an asymmetric shape, which is an opportunity to study how craters form as crater depth and other features of the impact event will be measured more reliably.
