Imbrium Sculpture (IMAGE)

Brown University

Imbrium Sculpture

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Grooves and gashes associated with the Imbrium Basin on the moon have long been puzzling. New research shows how some of these features were formed and uses them to estimate the size of the Imbrium impactor. The study suggests it was big enough to be considered a protoplanet.

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NASA/Northeast Planetary Data Center/Brown University

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