Planetary
scientists believe
that small impacts
regularly bombard
the Moon, but
until recently,
they’ve had
no way to
distinguish new
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Planetary scientists believe that small impacts regularly bombard the Moon, but until recently, they’ve had no way to distinguish new craters from the already pockmarked lunar surface. In 2009, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) arrived at the Moon and began taking high-resolution photographs. By comparing pictures taken early in the mission with more recent images, the LRO camera team at Arizona State University has discovered more than two-dozen new impact craters – including an 18-meter-wide crater caused by a bright flash on March 17, 2013. LRO is managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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