ScienceNASA orbiter spots a new 728-foot-wide crater on the Moon
ABC13 News describes McGetchin as the largest newly formed impact crater ever found in the solar system. It cites NASA for the crater's 141-foot depth.
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News4SA reports that NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted a new lunar crater that scientists say was created by a rare, once-in-a-century impact. ABC13 News, citing NASA, says the newly named McGetchin crater measures 728 feet across—about the length of two football fields—and 141 feet deep. The outlet describes it as the largest newly formed impact crater ever found in the solar system.
NASA orbiter spots a new 728-foot-wide crater on the Moon
ABC13 News describes McGetchin as the largest newly formed impact crater ever found in the solar system. It cites NASA for the crater's 141-foot depth.
