Copernican Craters
Set of two fresh, unnamed impact craters with large, spectacular ejecta patterns. Because they still have rays, they are Copernican aged, which covers the last 1 billion years in the lunar geologic timescale. Could they be as old as 1 billion years? Not likely. Since they are so bright and have very few superposed impact craters, they are very young — surely less than 100 million years and possibly as young as a few million years. Each is incredibly well preserved: crisp crater rims, steep crater walls, and delicate, small-scale ejecta patterns. Both images were acquired while the Sun was nearly overhead, which highlights surface brightness (albedo) variations.
- Latitude: 7.751°
- Longitude: 64.867°
- Camera: NAC
- Image Width: 3.2 km
- Image(s): M154813223LR
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