Oct 24, 2019 · Crater counting is one of the more common ways of estimating the age of lunar surface features. We can also determine ages of some craters by looking at whether it was …

Apr 8, 2011 · Old craters have a rounded look to them, while fresher craters are sharp-edged, and show the debris from impact. The full-res image has a scale of just a meter per pixel, so a lot …

Feb 21, 2012 · We report new CSFD measurements for the Copernican-aged craters North Ray, Tycho, and Copernicus, which are crucial anchor points for the lunar cratering chronology. We …

If certain assumptions, discussed below, are granted, rela-tive ages of lunar craters can be determined by the degree of freshness of their major topographic components such as the rim …

Feb 21, 2012 · We report new CSFD measurements for the Copernican-aged craters North Ray, Tycho, and Copernicus, which are crucial anchor points for the lunar cratering chronology. We …

3 days ago · The crater is in the southern lunar highlands and is approximately 53 miles (85 km) in diameter and 110 million years old. A slump terrace has formed in the northern half of the …

Jan 23, 2019 · Stable terrain and crater erosion. Analysis shows young craters with numerous meter-sized fragments are easy to pick out from older craters with eroded fragments.

Apr 2, 2024 · Intercomparison of these independently observed populations of young craters can reveal much about the evolution of the lunar surface and its materials. Here we present a new …

Dec 11, 2012 · Craters on the Moon, young and old. Click to enselenate. This shot, taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a relatively young crater carved into ancient …

Scientists count craters to determine how old a lunar surface is. Young craters have crisp rims and lie on top of other craters. Older craters have softer rims and their ejecta and rays may be …

Today's Featured Image highlights contrasting features of young (lower right) and old (upper left) craters with almost the same diameters (about 450 meters). These two craters are found in the …

Feb 17, 2010 · Accurately defining the ages of young lunar craters, such as Giordano Bruno, is vitally important for understanding the impact flux rate over the past few million years …

May 23, 2016 · A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters -- one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years old -- in the …

Feb 9, 2012 · Along with its bright rays, the crisp rim of the crater, it’s very steep slopes, and a lack of observed superposed craters all argued for a very young age for this intriguing crater.

Apr 5, 2011 · This image from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) shows two similarly-sized craters in the Oceanus Procellarum ("Sea of Storms") region of the Moon – a …

May 24, 2016 · A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters — one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years old — in the …

Using data from the LAMP instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters — one …

May 23, 2016 · A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters – one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years old in the Moon’s …

Feb 17, 2017 · It's a young crater has craters go on the moon, being less than a billion years old. This is why it looks so crisp with a sharp rim not yet eroded by smaller meteorite impacts. Just …

May 23, 2016 · A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters—one 16 million, the other between 75 and 420 million, years old—in the Moon's …

12 hours ago · A new study reveals the moon is geologically active, challenging the previous belief of its inactivity. ... Recent structures on the far side suggest ongoing processes, with …

4 days ago · The discovery led them to conclude that 2024 PT5 probably was flung from the moon's surface after one of the many collisions that has left the moon's surface with its iconic …

5 days ago · An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago. CNN values your …