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Organizing and summarizing search results for you2 SourcesUniversities Space Research Associationhttps://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/orbiter/lunar_orbiter/impact_crater/Lunar Orbiter: Impact Crater Geology - Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)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 …Space.comhttps://www.space.com/moon-oldest-impact-basin-datedScientists have dated the moon's oldest, and largest, impact siteThe largest and oldest-known impact site on the moon is the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, stretching across nearly 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) of the far side of the moon. And … - See moreSee all on Wikipedia
Lunar craters - Wikipedia
Lunar craters are impact craters on Earth's Moon. The Moon's surface has many craters, all of which were formed by impacts. The International Astronomical Union currently recognizes 9,137 craters, of which 1,675 have been dated. See more
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 … See more
There are at least 1.3 million craters larger than 1 km (0.62 mi) in diameter; of these, 83,000 are greater than 5 km (3 mi) in diameter, and 6,972 are greater than 20 km (12 mi) in … See more
Craters constitute 95% of all named lunar features. Usually they are named after deceased scientists and other explorers. This tradition comes from Giovanni Battista Riccioli, who started it in 1651. Since 1919, assignment of these names is regulated by the See more
Because of the Moon's lack of water, atmosphere, and tectonic plates, there is little erosion, and craters are found that exceed two billion … See more
In 1978, Chuck Wood and Leif Andersson of the Lunar & Planetary Lab devised a system of categorization of lunar impact craters. They … See more
Wikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license 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 includes features that are officially recognized by that scientific society.
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA licenseLunar Craters - Science@NASA
Feb 17, 2025 · Lunar 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, lunar craters are special because we …
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 …
Shaping the Planets: Impact Cratering - Lunar and Planetary …
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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 …
Why Study Moon Craters? - Science@NASA
Feb 17, 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 by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter …
Lunar Orbiter: Impact Crater Geology - Lunar and …
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 kilometers in diameter on the Moon, have a …
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 …
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 …
A New Global Database of Lunar Impact Craters >1–2 …
Nov 26, 2018 · This paper presents a new, global database of lunar impact craters, estimated to be a complete census of all craters with diameters larger than 1–2 km. The database contains over 2 million craters, making it larger in …
Impact Craters - NASA
May 17, 2023 · Create your own impact craters! When astronauts visit the Moon for the Artemis III missions, they will be able to study the craters that may contain water and ice. Testing and …
Accurate Mapping and Evaluation of Small Impact Craters within …
Jun 14, 2024 · In total, 228,897, 142,872, and 42,008 new small lunar impact craters (with diameters as low as 4.5 m) were identified in the ten lunar landing areas of returned samples …
Impact Crater Formation and Morphology | Canadian Lunar …
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 …
Global Distribution of Large Lunar Craters: Implications for ...
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 distribution …
Moon’s far side hosts two canyons that are each the size of ... - CNN
Feb 5, 2025 · Two long, deep lunar canyons can be seen radiating from the Schrödinger impact basin near the lunar south pole on the moon's far side. The image was captured by the Lunar …
Grand Canyons of the Moon - lpi.usra.edu
Feb 4, 2025 · The authors calculated the ballistic flight of ejected debris that created the canyons. After flying over the lunar surface, the debris hit the lunar surface at speeds of about 1 …
Moon rocks reveal hidden lunar history - Ars Technica
Feb 16, 2025 · Giant pools of lava filled impact craters and settled into the lunar lowlands, or maria (Latin for “seas”), while highlands and volcanic domes loomed above them. Eventually, …
Boulder Distributions Around Young, Small Lunar Impact Craters …
Oct 15, 2019 · We used high-resolution images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera to measure and count boulders around six young lunar impact craters. We found that it takes a …
9.4: Impact Craters - Physics LibreTexts
Jul 29, 2023 · Compare and contrast ideas about how lunar craters form; Explain the process of impact crater formation; Discuss the use of crater counts to determine relative ages of lunar …
Mysteries of the Moon: What Craters Tell Us About Its Past
Aug 3, 2024 · Impact craters play a crucial role in estimating the model ages of geological units on the Moon and other solid bodies in the solar system. Scholars typically fit mathematical …
How the Moon’s two Grand Canyons formed in mere minutes
Feb 4, 2025 · Most impact craters that have these rays send ejecta up to a few times the diameter of the crater itself, but a few of the largest and most prominent lunar craters — including …
The Moon has Two Grand Canyons, Carved in Minutes by an …
The rest comprises a row of craters made as falling rocks were thrown out from the impact. They fell back to the Moon to create so-called “secondary craters.” The canyon part is about 280 ...
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 …
Impact-induced ultra-high melting point oldhamite discovered
2 days ago · The matrix of the glass is composed of the most common pyroxene-plagioclase impact glass in lunar soil, and sulfur is enriched in the metal phase. ... Y. et al. A catalogue of …
Seismically detected cratering on Mars: Enhanced recent impact …
Jun 28, 2024 · Seismic observations of impacts on Mars indicate a higher impact flux than previously measured. Using six confirmed seismic impact detections near the NASA InSight …
NASA’s InSight Finds Marsquakes From Meteoroids Go Deeper …
Feb 3, 2025 · Researchers have in the past taken images of new impact craters and found seismic data that matches the date and location of the craters’ formation. But the two new …
NASA Hitches a Ride to the Moon to Map Water for Astronauts
6 days ago · But beginning in the mid-1990s, spacecraft found evidence of ice in the eternal shadows of craters in the moon’s polar regions. In 2009, NASA slammed a rocket stage into …
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