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    Lunar skating rinks

    Apr 07, 2021 3 minutes
    by Charles Wood

    Tycho and Copernicus are frequently presented as archetypal lunar craters, and they are indeed beautiful and fresh. But most lunar craters aren’t fresh. Many are much older and have been modified by subsequent events, including shaking from moonquakes and showers of ejecta from the creation of younger craters and basins. Additionally, mare lavas partially fill several craters, creating smooth floors, which, with their bright rims, remind me of skating rinks. and are the, , , and being less well known.

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