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NASA Orbiter Discovers Moon’s Largest Newly Formed Crater
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Newly identified crater McGetchin on the Moon, about 222 meters (728 feet) across and roughly 43 meters deep, is the solar system’s largest recently formed impact crater, created in 2024 by an asteroid or comet and revealed through NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data. Studies published in Science Advances underscore its rarity, the crater’s ejecta patterns, and the ongoing value of LRO imagery for understanding the Moon’s dynamic surface ahead of future exploration.
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Elena Vasquez
It's wild that a crater this size formed just last year and the orbiter picked it up right away.
LRO Captures Falcon 9 Moon Impact Imagery, Danuri Aid
Science
— Aug 18, 2026
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter released sharp images showing a new 60-foot-wide, less-than-10-foot-deep crater on the Moon formed when a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage struck the surface on Aug. 5 during the Firefly Blue Ghost 1 mission, with bright and dark rays revealing material excavated from different depths. The imaging required precise timing and positioning over six days from multiple viewing angles, and NASA noted international collaboration and data from KPLO Danuri as part of ongoing lunar exploration.
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