NASA traces lunar crater to spring 2024 impact

The crater on the Moon was carved by a comet or asteroid that struck in spring 2024, a find made almost by accident while an American researcher read data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera.

Luisa Marconi

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NASA attributes a crater on the Moon to a comet or asteroid that hit the surface in the spring of 2024.^[1] The finding came almost by accident. An American researcher made it while working with data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, a NASA probe that has studied the Moon since 2009.^[2] The agency's account gives the crater its cause and time of impact, though it does not say when the crater itself was first imaged or what it measures.

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NASA explains that the crater was caused by the impact of a comet or asteroid on the lunar surface in the spring of 2024. · Jurnalul
The discovery was made almost accidentally by an American researcher working with data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, a NASA probe that has studied the Moon since 2009. · Jurnalul
The media outlet Blic reported on the discovery of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a diameter of 40 to 100 meters and a potential impact date around Christmas 2032. · Blic.rs
Experts noted that the NASA DART mission successfully altered the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, proving that asteroid deflection is possible. · Blic.rs
The US National Research Council describes a potential impact from asteroid 2024 YR4 as an incident of local or regional scale that would not destroy human civilization. · Blic.rs

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