Moon’s 2024 Impact Creates a 222-Meter Crater With an Unusually Cold Halo
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Researchers using NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data identified the 728-foot (222 m) McGetchin crater—likely formed by a 2024 Moon impact—whose surrounding 4.3-mile (7 km) cold spot suggests fluffy regolith retains heat poorly; the findings, published in Science Advances, imply such impacts are rare (about once every 132 years) and could inform future lunar bases and regolith management.
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