It's a pity that the crash isn't being imaged. 1.7 kps is about twice the speed of a bullet, so a couple of washing machine sized projectiles are going to knock some pieces of this lunar mountain.

No. Some kind-hearted alien on the Moon will decide it's an accident and helpfully boost those things into higher orbits to avoid the incoming crash.

Now THAT would be an interesting outcome...

"It's a pity that the crash isn't being imaged."

I'm curious if any professional (or amateur) astronomers will attempt to image the impacts, now that predictions are available. Meteorites from 0.5-10kg have been imaged impacting the moon at similar velocities, using relatively modest optics:

http://science.na...30nov_1/

http://science.na...rleonid/

Wouldn't it be ironic if unbeknownst to anyone that upon crashing it would destroy some strange new alien life form that was about to begin and would have reached it's zenith in a few billion years. Which would have been just in time to save humanity.

It's a pity that the crash isn't being imaged.

Not possible. The camera would capture images of the ancient alien structures they are attacking, which would defeat the purpose of blowing them up.

I'm curious if any professional (or amateur) astronomers will attempt to image the impacts, now that predictions are available.

From the article:

No imagery of the impact is expected because the region will be in shadow at the time.

Wouldn't it be ironic if unbeknownst to anyone that upon crashing it would destroy some strange new alien life form that was about to begin and would have reached it's zenith in a few billion years. Which would have been just in time to save humanity.

According to the AGW alarmists we'll be lucky to make it beyond 2100, let alone 3000 times longer than the total length of homonid existence.