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NASA's moon orbiter has spotted an impact crater that only happens once a century
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified a new 728-foot wide impact crater on the moon's surface. This discovery represents a rare astronomical event occurring approximately once per century.
- 01Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images confirmed the discovery of a major new lunar impact site
- 02The newly identified crater measures 728 feet in diameter
- 03Scientific data suggests impacts of this specific magnitude occur only once every one hundred years
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Images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter led to the discovery of a moon crater that's 728 feet wide. Impacts like that only happen once a century.