Science728-foot-wide Moon crater reportedly discovered in NASA orbiter images
@espectanoticias reports that a NASA scientist identified the McGetchin crater, which formed when a comet or asteroid struck the Moon between April and May 2024.
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@espectanoticias reports that a NASA scientist found the McGetchin crater in Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images. The report describes it as 728 feet across and 141 feet deep, formed by a comet or asteroid impact between April and May 2024. It says researchers estimate that an impact of this magnitude occurs on the lunar surface roughly once a century.
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728-foot-wide Moon crater reportedly discovered in NASA orbiter images
@espectanoticias reports that a NASA scientist identified the McGetchin crater, which formed when a comet or asteroid struck the Moon between April and May 2024.
TLDR
@espectanoticias reports that a NASA scientist found the McGetchin crater in Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images. The report describes it as 728 feet across and 141 feet deep, formed by a comet or asteroid impact between April and May 2024. It says researchers estimate that an impact of this magnitude occurs on the lunar surface roughly once a century.