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The biggest hole in the moon: a gigantic impact basin holds the keys to the solar system's past--and may also provide a base for human exploration
- Source :
- Astronomy. November 2005, Vol. 33 Issue 11, 50
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Sixteen-hundred miles wide and nearly 8 miles deep, the South Pole-Aitken basin sprawls across the Moon's southern farside. It's the largest, deepest, and probably the oldest, impact basin in the [...]
- Subjects :
- Lunar craters -- Research
Moon -- Research
Astronomy
Research
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00916358
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Astronomy
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.137011546