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cm0002@literature.cafe to Space@mander.xyz · 1 month ago

In a rare event, the moon got a massive new crater

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In a rare event, the moon got a massive new crater

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cm0002@literature.cafe to Space@mander.xyz · 1 month ago
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A crater as wide as two American football fields formed in spring 2024, a size expected roughly once a century. A NASA orbiter got to watch.
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    Who are you to say which way is right side up?

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      I’m a reference frame

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      The moon is “upside down” for half the planet.

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        That broke my brain for a second.

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          it took me a few minutes to figure out why the moon looked weird

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