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    NASA orbiter spots McGetchin crater on the Moon

    NASA says the new crater is 141 feet deep and wider than the length of two football fields.

    Susan Jordan #FreePalestine 🇵🇸SJ
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    NASA announced that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted McGetchin crater on the Moon. The agency says a rock as big as a six-story building struck the surface, creating a crater 141 feet deep and wider than the length of two football fields.

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    An aerial view of a lunar crater. A bright, circular impact crater sits in the center of a dark, cratered surface, with white rays of ejected lunar material radiating outwards in all directions, creating a stark contrast against the gray terrain.

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    Susan Jordan #FreePalestine 🇵🇸@MoonbooticaNASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon https://apnews.com/article/moon-lunar-crater-space-nasa-80eea242ad275fda1f7a88587cdccd2f?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share28d
    Mat Helm@mathelm64@NASASolarSystem NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter detected McGetchin crater, formed in spring 2024 by a building-sized asteroid or comet impact, measuring 222 meters wide and 43 meters deep on the Moon's eastern near side.28d
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    Susan Jordan #FreePalestine 🇵🇸@MoonbooticaNASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon https://apnews.com/article/moon-lunar-crater-space-nasa-80eea242ad275fda1f7a88587cdccd2f?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share28d
    Mat Helm@mathelm64@NASASolarSystem NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter detected McGetchin crater, formed in spring 2024 by a building-sized asteroid or comet impact, measuring 222 meters wide and 43 meters deep on the Moon's eastern near side.28d
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