A new 225-meter (740-foot) crater appeared on the Moon while nobody was looking.
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A new 225-meter (740-foot) crater appeared on the Moon while nobody was looking. NASA's lunar orbiter imaged the dramatic aftermath.
Such large impacts are once-in-a-century events. This one happened in the spring of 2024.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-new-crater-nasa-orbiter #space #science #nature #nasa
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A new 225-meter (740-foot) crater appeared on the Moon while nobody was looking. NASA's lunar orbiter imaged the dramatic aftermath.
Such large impacts are once-in-a-century events. This one happened in the spring of 2024.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-new-crater-nasa-orbiter #space #science #nature #nasa
That's an ideal spot for a moonbase, since what are the odds another one will hit it!
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A new 225-meter (740-foot) crater appeared on the Moon while nobody was looking. NASA's lunar orbiter imaged the dramatic aftermath.
Such large impacts are once-in-a-century events. This one happened in the spring of 2024.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-new-crater-nasa-orbiter #space #science #nature #nasa
@coreyspowell
That'll buff right out, Corey, but I'd guess that it blowed up real good when it hit the surface of the moon. -
@stefani @coreyspowell
How many giraffes in a football field? -
@coreyspowell also, "as wide as two American football fields (are wide)"? OR
"as wide as two American football fields (are long)"?
*225 meters* -
A new 225-meter (740-foot) crater appeared on the Moon while nobody was looking. NASA's lunar orbiter imaged the dramatic aftermath.
Such large impacts are once-in-a-century events. This one happened in the spring of 2024.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-new-crater-nasa-orbiter #space #science #nature #nasa
@coreyspowell
How deep would the colony/moonbase need to be to not all be killed by that, I wonder. -
A new 225-meter (740-foot) crater appeared on the Moon while nobody was looking. NASA's lunar orbiter imaged the dramatic aftermath.
Such large impacts are once-in-a-century events. This one happened in the spring of 2024.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-new-crater-nasa-orbiter #space #science #nature #nasa
@coreyspowell How big would the crater have been if it had hit the Earth instead? The article doesn't say, but I guess presumably nearly the same size?
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@coreyspowell How big would the crater have been if it had hit the Earth instead? The article doesn't say, but I guess presumably nearly the same size?
No, I would think substantially smaller. Atmosphere would break it up, in parts, slow bits down. And the ejected material would also not necessarily get that far.
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A new 225-meter (740-foot) crater appeared on the Moon while nobody was looking. NASA's lunar orbiter imaged the dramatic aftermath.
Such large impacts are once-in-a-century events. This one happened in the spring of 2024.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-new-crater-nasa-orbiter #space #science #nature #nasa
@coreyspowell
That’s where India reverse parked. -
A new 225-meter (740-foot) crater appeared on the Moon while nobody was looking. NASA's lunar orbiter imaged the dramatic aftermath.
Such large impacts are once-in-a-century events. This one happened in the spring of 2024.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-new-crater-nasa-orbiter #space #science #nature #nasa
