Deep shadows pattern the ground around Bailly O crater (background in zoomify image below) and the fresh, not-yet-named crater in the foreground (10-kilometer diameter, 2200 meters deep, 70.00°S, 302.46°E). Very few impact craters superpose this crater, its walls are often at the angle-of-repose (36°), and small-scale features are crisp and sharp, indicating a very young age, possibly as young as Giordano Bruno, perhaps two million years or less. The view is looking east-to-west, acquired 2023-08-30, incidence angle 82°, slew angle 67°, phase angle 74°, slew angle 67°, spacecraft altitude 100 kilometers, image is 12 kilometers wide in the center, M1448073607LR [NASA/GSFC/Intuitive Machines].
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Very Oblique View of Giordano Bruno
Published by Mark Robinson on 22 October 2024