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The word crater was adopted from the Greek word for "vessel" (Κρατήρ, a Greek vessel used to mix wine and water). Galileo built his first telescope in late 1609, and turned it to the Moon for the first time on November … See more
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Organizing and summarizing search results for youclrn.uwo.cahttps://clrn.uwo.ca/clrn-research/impact-crater-formation-and-morphology/Impact Crater Formation and Morphology | Canadian Lunar Research NetworkThe Moon is the perfect natural laboratory for studying a variety of impact craters and their morphologies. The absence of an atmosphere and inactivity of all destructive geologic …NASAhttps://science.nasa.gov/moon/lunar-craters/Lunar Craters - Science@NASALunar impact craters are the depressions left behind after an asteroid, meteoroid, or comet collides with the Moon. Though craters are visible on worlds throughout the solar system…USGS.govhttps://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/moon_crater_database_v1_robbinsAstropedia - Moon Crater Database v1 Robbins - USGSProduct Information: The Lunar Crater Database contains approximately 1.3 million lunar impact craters and is approximately complete for all craters larger than about 1-2 km in dia…Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_cratersLunar craters - WikipediaThe crater Webb, as seen from Lunar Orbiter 1.Several smaller craters can be seen in and around Webb. Side view of the crater Moltke taken from Apollo 10.. Lunar craters are impact… Astropedia - Moon Crater Database v1 Robbins - USGS
Aug 15, 2018 · Product Information: The Lunar Crater Database contains approximately 1.3 million lunar impact craters and is approximately complete for all craters larger than about 1-2 km in …
Lunar impact crater identification and age estimation with ... - Nature
Dec 22, 2020 · Impact craters, which can be considered the lunar equivalent of fossils, are the most dominant lunar surface features and record the history of the Solar System. We address …
- Author: Chen Yang, Chen Yang, Haishi Zhao, Lorenzo Bruzzone, Jon Atli Benediktsson, Yanchun Liang, Bin Liu, ...
- Publish Year: 2020
Lunar Craters - Science@NASA
A New Global Database of Lunar Impact …
Nov 26, 2018 · This paper presents a new, global database of lunar impact craters, estimated to be a complete census of all …
- Author: Stuart J. Robbins
- Cited By: 118
- Publish Year: 2019
- Published: 26 November 2018
List of craters on the Moon - Wikipedia
This is a list of named lunar craters. The large majority of these features are impact craters . The crater nomenclature is governed by the International Astronomical Union , and this listing only …
Lunar Orbiter: Impact Crater Geology
Impact craters are produced by the collision of a meteorite or comet with the surface of the Moon, which ejects material and leaves behind a crater. Small craters, less than about 15 …
Impact Flux on the Moon | Space: Science & Technology
Impact flux on the Moon connects planetary endogenic evolution with orbital dynamics of celestial bodies, and the resulting crater chronology enables remote age estimation for geological units on extraterrestrial bodies. Therefore, …
Shaping the Planets: Impact Cratering - Lunar and …
Craters are the most common surface features on many solid planets and moons—Mercury and our Moon are covered with craters. This portion of the Moon is covered by numerous circular holes. These are impact craters, each …
Impact Crater Formation and Morphology
Aug 29, 2014 · The absence of an atmosphere and inactivity of all destructive geologic processes, with the exception of micro-meteorite bombardment, has allowed the preservation of lunar …
An overview and perspective of identifying lunar craters
Apr 15, 2024 · The spatiotemporal evolution of lunar impact craters is crucial for investigating lunar interior structure, internal and external dynamic processes, and interplanetary impact …
Why Study Moon Craters? - Science@NASA
Mar 18, 2025 · The study of lunar craters tells us much about problems astronauts may encounter when human beings return to the Moon. Scientists analyzing before and after pictures taken …
What is LCROSS, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing …
Mar 8, 2019 · In the span of just two years, NASA’s Ames Research Center, in California’s Silicon Valley, developed a mission that reached out and touched the hydrogen detected on the …
Lunar impact basins: Stratigraphy, sequence and ages from …
Feb 2, 2012 · [55] We derive impact crater size-frequency distributions for 30 certain or probable D > 300 km lunar impact basins, which provide insight into the sequence, timing, and history of …
Traveling to this region will help us identify areas rich in water and other resources, and how to best use those materials available to us on the lunar surface. In this activity, you will model …
Chang'e-6 samples suggest 4.25-billion-year-old impact formed …
Mar 21, 2025 · Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known impact crater on the lunar surface. Recently, a …
South Pole–Aitken massive impact 4.25 billion years ago …
Mar 20, 2025 · The former represents an impact resetting event within the basin. The latter finding is most consistent with the age of the SPA impact, providing an initial 4.25 Ga anchor for the …
Global Distribution of Large Lunar Craters: Implications for
Sep 17, 2010 · By using high-resolution altimetric measurements of the Moon, we produced a catalog of all impact craters ≥20 kilometers in diameter on the lunar surface and analyzed their …
Chang'e-6 samples date moon's oldest impact crater to 4.25
Mar 21, 2025 · Based on research on lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e-6 mission, a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the oldest and largest impact crater on the moon, the South …
Formation of Simple Impact Craters in Layered Targets: …
Jun 5, 2018 · Impact crater morphologies vary significantly across the lunar maria. Craters with diameter less than 400 m are closely related to variations in target properties (rock strength, …
China's Chang'e-6 Samples Reveal Lunar Mystery: 4.25-billion …
Mar 21, 2025 · China's Chang'e-6 Samples Reveal Lunar Mystery: 4.25-billion-year-old Impact Formed Moon's South Pole-Aitken Basin. Mar 21, 2025. Scientists have long sought to …
Chang'e-6 samples confirm moon's oldest impact crater formed …
Mar 21, 2025 · BEIJING - Based on research on lunar samples retrieved by Chang'e-6 mission, a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the oldest and largest impact crater on the moon, …
Chinese scientists determine moon's oldest impact crater formed …
Mar 21, 2025 · Chinese scientists, using lunar soil samples brought back by Chang'e-6, have determined that the moon's oldest and largest impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) …
Lunar impact crater identification and age estimation with …
Impact craters, which can be considered the lunar equivalent of fossils, are the most dominant lunar surface features and record the history of the Solar System. We address the problem of …
Fifteen Years Later, Scientists Locate a Lunar Impact Site
Oct 9, 2024 · In the LCROSS mission, NASA crashed a spent rocket booster into the Moon to search for frozen lunar water. Now, new research has located the crater the mission left …
Mysteries of the Moon: What Craters Tell Us About Its Past
Aug 3, 2024 · This detailed examination of lunar crater chronology covers the development of dating methods through sample analysis, discusses the historical impact flux on the Moon …
Pervasive impact modification of pristine lunar clasts
Mar 13, 2025 · Further studies of glass in lunar samples associated with impact features could clarify whether Crow’s 31 findings of small impact blebs are consistent across other samples, …
Earth’s oldest impact crater was just found in Australia – exactly ...
Mar 6, 2025 · The crater dates back 3.5 billion years, making it the oldest known by more than a billion years. Earth’s oldest impact crater was just found in Australia – exactly where geologists …
World’s oldest impact crater found, rewriting Earth’s ancient …
Mar 6, 2025 · Study co-lead Professor Tim Johnson, from Curtin University, said the discovery significantly challenged previous assumptions about our planet’s ancient history. “Before our …
