New Craters on the Moon
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- Mark Robinson
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's powerful cameras are enabling scientists to find present-day impact craters on the Moon.
Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel.
For complete transcript, click here.
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 has discovered more than two-dozen new impact craters – including an 18-meter-wide crater caused by a bright flash on March 17, 2013.
Learn more about this finding.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Chris Meaney (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Visualizer
- Ernie Wright (USRA)
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Graphics
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Editor
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Planetary scientist
- Mark Robinson (Arizona State University) [Lead]
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Project scientist
- John Keller (NASA/GSFC)
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Deputy project scientist
- Noah Petro (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Videographer
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Production assistant
- John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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New Lunar Impact Crater
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 4:00AM
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