NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter detected a previously unrecognized crater roughly 222 meters wide, formed when an asteroid or comet struck the Moon in May 2024. The event, named McGetchin, is estimated to occur about once a century and offers a fresh record of lunar surface evolution.
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