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McGetchin crater

Impact crater about 222 metres wide and 43 metres deep on the eastern part of the lunar surface, formed in 2024 and named after the lunar scientist Thomas McGetchin.

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  • McGetchin

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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.

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