Craters by the Thousands (IMAGE)

Brown University

Craters by the Thousands

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A research team led by Brown University mapped nearly 5,200 craters on the moon, the first global catalog of large craters on the lunar surface. The crater analysis could shed light on planetary bombardment in the inner solar system more than 4 billion years ago.

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NASA/LRO/LOLA/GSFC/MIT/Brown

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