Researchers identify lunar crater formed by 2024 impact

A 222-meter-wide crater on the Moon, formed when an asteroid or comet fragment struck about two years ago, was identified using NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera.

Luisa Marconi

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Researchers identified a new crater on the Moon formed by an impact in 2024, using imagery from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.^[3]