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Old 05-11-2009, 06:42 AM
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Re: full moon tonight

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Originally Posted by Judge101 View Post
Great pics , can anyone tell me the name of the huge crater at the bottom of the pic and approx how big it is , looks huge , ta seems google isnt my friend today and cant find it!!! very keen amateur..
The crater with the halo around [towards the bottom of pic] is Tycho and the light area around it is the debris fallout from the impact of a huge meteorite hitting the moon billions of years ago. Tycho is, I think, ~60 miles across
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