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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

The imaging system aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, combining wide-angle and narrow-angle cameras used to build Moon-wide image mosaics and high-resolution views of individual sites.

Known aliases

LROC

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Current clusters

science3 publishers

A routine data-quality check turned up the solar system's largest fresh crater 15 months late

The 2024 strike that punched a 222-metre hole in the Moon slipped past every telescope on Earth and in orbit. It was found by comparing orbiter images months afterwards, and NASA now wants to know what its debris could hit.

Publishers:nasa.govnewscientist.comphys.org

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Builder: Builder 40%
Operator: Operator 45%
Investor: Investor 15%

Reality

Evidence80
Adoption45
Hype gap+15
Incentives55
Confidence74