Wrinkle Ridges in the Moon's Aitken Crater (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Wrinkle Ridges in the Moon's Aitken Crater

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Aitken crater, located at 16.8° S 173.4° E, is a 135 km Upper Imbrian aged crater. It is notable in that its floor is filled by a mare deposit, and that it, along with the Moon’s South Pole, is the namesake for the biggest and most ancient lunar basin, South Pole-Aitken Basin (SPA). Within its flooded floor are many scientifically interesting features, one of which are wrinkle ridges.

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NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

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