Friday, March 5, 2010

Results from Chandrayaan-1: M3 Instrument Finds Deepest Crater on the Moon

Three views of the Apollo Basin taken with NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument on board India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft.

Scientists have discovered moon’s biggest and deepest crater - some 2,400 km long and 9 km deep - using data from a NASA instrument that flew aboard India’s maiden unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan—I - The Hindu, March 05, 2010.

Biggest, Deepest Crater Exposes Hidden, Ancient Moon - Science Daily, March 04, 2010.

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