#lroc — Public Fediverse posts

#ScienceAdvances:
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A new 222-m diameter lunar crater
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".. In fall 2025, a routine temp. comparison of WAC image sets revealed a new 222-meter-diameter crater .. formed in spring 2024 .. largest contemporary impact crater found in the Solar System and, according to current models, a once-in-132-year event .."

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeh7812

16.9.2026

#Astronomie #Einschlag #IntuitiveMachines #Krater #LRO #LROC #McGetchin #Mond #Mondkrater #Moon #NASA #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #Sonnensystem #SpaceFlight

#NASA:
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NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater
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"By comparing before and after images of the Moon .. discovered the largest, newly formed crater ever found in the solar system, .."

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/nasas-moon-orbiter-spots-new-once-in-century-moon-crater/

16.9.2026

#Astronomie #Einschlag #IntuitiveMachines #Krater #LRO #LROC #McGetchin #Mond #Mondkrater #Moon #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #Sonnensystem #SpaceFlight

#DerStandard:
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Jahrhundert-Ereignis: Nasa entdeckten neuen riesigen Mondkrater
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"Der Krater McGetchin entstand im Frühjahr 2024 am Ostrand des Mondes. Er ist der größte neue Krater, der bisher im Sonnensystem entdeckt wurde"

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000340250/jahrhundert-ereignis-nasa-entdeckten-neuen-riesigen-mondkrater

17.9.2026

#Astronomie #Einschlag #IntuitiveMachines #Krater #LRO #LROC #McGetchin #Mond #Mondkrater #NASA #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #Sonnensystem #SpaceFlight

https://www.europesays.com/pt/492868/ NASA revela cratera na Lua causada por foguetão Falcon 9 da SpaceX – impacto captado pela sonda LRO #BlueGhost #Ciência #CiênciaETecnologia #CiênciaEtecnologia #CrateraLunar #DetritoEspacial #Einstein #EnergiaImpacto #ExploraçãoLunar #Falcon9 #firefly #ImpactoLunar #LRO #LROC #nasa #órbitaInstável #Portugal #PT #regolito #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #SpaceX #Technology #Tecnologia

https://github.com/yannchemin/planetary #grassgis #planetary #planetaryscience #opensource #FOSS #fossgis #ceres #Moon #Clementine #M3 #lroc #TItan #enceladus #Callisto #dwarfplanet

Moon Phase and Libration, 2026 South Up

#Albedo #Elevationdata #LOLA #LRO #LROC #LaserAltimeter #Lunar #LunarReconnaissanceOrbiter

⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=28&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20251216130242

Moon Phase and Libration, 2026 South Up

#Albedo #Elevationdata #LOLA #LRO #LROC #LaserAltimeter #Lunar #LunarReconnaissanceOrbiter

⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=28&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20251216130242

Moon Phase and Libration, 2026 🌑

#Albedo #Animation #Elevationdata #ICESat2 #LOLA #LRO #LROC #LandIce

⏩ 3 new pictures and 3 new videos from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=35&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20251213125646

Moon Phase and Libration, 2026 🌑

#Albedo #Elevationdata #LOLA #LRO #LROC #LaserAltimeter #Lunar #LunarReconnaissanceOrbiter

⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=28&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20251212130227

Nieuw litteken voor het mannetje op de Maan
De Maan is gedurende zijn 4,5 miljard jaar lange geschiedenis gebombardeerd. De enorme bekkens die we zien als de donkere
#inslag #krater #LROC #LunarReconnaissanceOrbiter #maan #NieuweKrater #tych
https://www.kuuke.nl/nieuw-litteken-voor-het-mannetje-op-de-maan/

A New Freckle on the Face of the Moon
https://lroc.im-ldi.com/images/1464

#LROC

The #Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter #spacecraft orbit passed over the #SLIM landing site, and the camera (#LROC) acquired an image from an altitude of about 80 kilometers https://www.lroc.asu.edu/posts/1358

#JAXA #MoonLander

The #SLIM lander on the #Moon, as imaged by #LROC !!!

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1358

LRO checked out Chandrayaan-3 landing site!

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1314

#Chandrayaan3 #LROC #LRO

#LROC the #SpaceCamera on on #NASA #LRO has images of the impact site of the HAKUTO-R mission. It was heartbreaking to see this team after they lost contact with the lander. Landing on the #Moon is really difficult.

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1302

Here’s Where Artemis III Might Land. It Looks… Inviting https://www.universetoday.com/160645/heres-where-artemis-iii-might-land-it-looks-inviting/ #lunarreconnaissanceorbiter #artemisprogram #artemisiii #missions #artemis #lroc #moon

#TBT Chladni crater on the #Moon in exquisite detail by #LROC

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1086

Bog standard, "simple" crater, but imagine standing at the crater's floor with towering 2km walls all around... = #mehwhelmed

#TBT to the wonderful eastern rim of Dionysius crater, as imaged by #LROC

More info here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4221

and to navigate the whole rim in exquisite detail, down to individual boulders and their downslope tracks, check the interactive pic at the bottom of this other post:

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/748

#DionysiusCrater #Moon #Space