NASA discovers giant crater on the Moon, a rare event

NASA has identified a new lunar crater 221 meters wide and 41 meters deep.

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The agency states that such an impact occurs only once a century, if that.

Images were captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, in orbit for 17 years.

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