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.
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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 has discovered more than two-dozen new impact craters – including an 18-meter-wide crater caused by a bright flash on March 17, 2013.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Animators
- Chris Meaney (KBRwyle)
- Chris Smith (KBRwyle)
Visualizer
- Ernie Wright (USRA)
Graphics
- Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle)
Editor
- Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle)
Planetary scientist
- Mark Robinson (Arizona State University) [Lead]
Project scientist
- John Keller (NASA/GSFC)
Deputy project scientist
- Noah Petro (NASA/GSFC)
Producer
- Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle)
Videographer
- Rob Andreoli (AIMM)
Production assistant
- John Caldwell (AIMM)
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET)
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBRwyle)
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