So, moving at a speed of 6, 000kph (3, 800mph), it will be made to hit the moon's surface at that point.
Many have impacted the Earth over its 4.5 billion-year history --as they have hit the moon, Mars and other planets -- leaving craters behind.
Cooke says Earth was pelted by meteoroids at about the same time, but they hit the moon because it has no atmosphere to protect it.
The researchers say their work provides strong evidence that the beryllium and, therefore, other constituents produced in the Sun's atmosphere are being ejected shortly after they are produced - to hit the Moon.
Consider the recent jailing on felony charges, later dropped, of a woman for camcordering a few minutes of the hit film New Moon while attending a birthday party at a movie house.
The asteroids hit the surface hard, over and over, and since the Moon has been a solid body for most of its history, their materials stay on or close to the surface.
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Nowadays, everybody knows that the craters on the moon are the dents left by meteorites, that such boulders have also hit the earth many times and that one giant impact wiped out the dinosaurs.
Others were simply overwhelmed by the amount of water pushed ashore by the giant storm, which hit at high tide during a full moon.
Already a hit in the U.K., "Sing to the Moon" will find an audience in the U.S. among those who like smart, sophisticated contemporary pop infused with a sense of bliss.
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Toyota spokeswoman Sona Iliffe-Moon said the company won't comment about any potential hit to sales or market share before its scheduled release of January sales on February 2.
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