McGetchin crater on the Moon: how LRO dated the impact and why it is rare
LRO constrained the formation of McGetchin crater to a few weeks in 2024. See how the image comparison worked, what was measured, and what remains an estimate.
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Planets, moons, asteroids, comets and the processes that formed and continue to transform our cosmic neighborhood.
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Hubble + Webb on trans-Neptunian objects: how colors and orbits preserve clues to Solar System formation
Hubble and Webb combined visible and infrared light to study tiny TNOs and test what their colors, orbits, and sizes preserve about their origins.
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