Corey S Powell12h ago

A new 225-meter (740-foot) crater appeared on the Moon while nobody was looking. NASA's lunar orbiter imaged the dramatic aftermath.

Such large impacts are once-in-a-century events. This one happened in the spring of 2024.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-new-crater-nasa-orbiter #space #science #nature #nasa

Show threadChristopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇪🇺
@coreyspowell How big would the crater have been if it had hit the Earth instead? The article doesn't say, but I guess presumably nearly the same size?
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Show threadKnud Jahnke8h ago

@skyglowberlin @coreyspowell

No, I would think substantially smaller. Atmosphere would break it up, in parts, slow bits down. And the ejected material would also not necessarily get that far.