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NASA discovers crater McGetchin, largest recent impact crater on Moon

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the new crater, named McGetchin, inside the Crisium basin on the Moon's eastern near side.

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered a new crater on the Moon named McGetchin, the largest recent impact crater found there.[6]