South Pole-Aitken impact basin 2 (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

South Pole-Aitken impact basin 2

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The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the Moon formed in a southward impact (toward the bottom in the image). The basin has a radioactive “KREEP-rich” ejecta blanket on one side of the basin (bright red), containing material excavated from the lunar magma ocean. Artemis astronauts will land within this material at the south end of the basin (bottom in image).

 

 

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Jeff Andrews-Hanna/University of Arizona/NASA/NAOJ

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