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Tycho Crater Sunrise

author: Nasa/GSFC/ASU/ Novapix

reference: a-lun07-00220

Image Size 300 DPI: 181 * 83 cm

On 10 June 2011 the LRO spacecraft slewed 65° to the west, allowing the LROC NACs to capture this dramatic sunrise view of Tycho crater. A very popular target with amateur astronomers, Tycho is located at 43.37°S, 348.68°E, and is ~82 km (51 miles) in diameter. The summit of the central peak is 2 km (6562 ft) above the crater floor, and the crater floor is about 4700 m (15,420 ft) below the rim. Many "clasts" ranging in size from 10 meters to 100s of meters are exposed in the central peak slopes.

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2011 - ASTRONOMY - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - LRO - LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER - MOON - POSTER - SATELLITE - SHADOW - TYCHO -