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Smack! A New Crater Appears on the Moon/ Yutu Rover Update

Tuesday, December 17, 2013 23:15

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Before and after views of the March 17, 2013 impact taken by the LRO camera. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

Before and after views of the March 17, 2013 impact taken by the LRO camera. Fine streams of debris reach to the edges of the frame. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, or in this instance, a brand new hole in the moon. NASA’s Lunar Impact Monitoring Program recorded the brightest meteoroid impact ever in its 8-year history on March 17 this year. The flash of light, as bright as a 4th magnitude star and lasting about one second, was caught on video camera hitting the moon in the Sea of Rains (Mare Imbrium) not far from the prominent crater Copernicus. Some time after the event, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) swept in for a closer look and spied a fresh impact crater. (…)
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Post tags: Chang’E-3, impact, Mare Imbrium, Moon, new crater, Sea of Rains, yutu