Concentricity in Apollo Basin |Moon

Concentricity in Apollo Basin:

Portion of a concentric crater in Apollo Basin. Sun is incident from the right to the left. LROC NAC mosaic M1122245918LR, image width is 6.3 km 

[NASA/GSFC/Arizona State Univeristy].

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Small Bouldery Crater |Moon

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A small crater sporting a healthy population of boulders and a higher reflectance surrounding ejecta blanket [LROC NAC M1120363462L, image width is 500 m 

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Moon Impact |LROC

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The twin GRAIL spacecraft impacted the Moon on 17 December 2012, LROC was able to image the impact craters on 28 February 2013 showing them both to be about 5 meters in diameter. Upper panels show the area before the impact; lower panels after the impact. Arrows point to crater locations

 [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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Low Reflectance Deposits... |LROC

Low Reflectance Deposits on the Lassell Massif

Low reflectance deposits are seen along the margins of Lassell G and Lassell K (14.918°S; 351.065°E). NAC frame M1116585481R, illumination is overhead, north is up, image is ~1.8 km wide 

[NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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