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Oreseme: a crater located at the lunar south pole
18 MAY. 2007 publication date 1260 Views

This image mosaic was obtained by the AMIE camera onboard the SMART-1 spacecraft.
The most prominent feature is the 76 km crater Oresme that originated in the Nectarian age.

It is located on the far-side of the moon, across the northwest part of lunar South Pole-Aitken Giant Impact Basin.

Credits

ESA/SMART-1 and SPACE-X, Space Exploration Institute

License

CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard Licence

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