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LRO data reveals 222-meter-wide fresh crater on the Moon

Image processing specialist Robert Wagner at Intuitive Machines identified the largest newly formed lunar crater while reviewing routine LRO data.

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A 222-meter-wide (728-foot) crater named McGetchin has been identified as the largest newly formed crater on the Moon, discovered in routine data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. [5] The feature measures roughly the length of two football fields. [5]