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Fractures in the mare of Tsiolkovskiy Crater
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Caption:
Small fractures in the mare floor of Tsiolkovskiy Crater are a departure from the usual scene of smooth mare pitted with impact craters. As the mare cools, fractures like these can form, or these fractures might have formed due to changes in the morphology of the Tsiolkovskiy impact crater over time. Image width is 580 meters, or 1902 feet; NAC Image M130822373R, incidence angle 73°.
Background Info:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center built and manages the mission for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera was designed to acquire data for landing site certification and to conduct polar illumination studies and global mapping. Operated by Arizona State University, LROC consists of a pair of narrow-angle cameras (NAC) and a single wide-angle camera (WAC). The mission is expected to return over 70 terabytes of image data.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Moon | |
| System | Earth | |
| Target Type | Satellite | |
| Mission | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) | |
| Instrument Host | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter | |
| Host Type | Orbiter | |
| Instrument | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (NAC) | |
| Detector | Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), Wide Angle Camera (WAC) | |
| Extra Keywords | Crater, Grayscale, Impact | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2010-08-24 | |
| Date in Caption | ||
| Image Credit | NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13509 | |
| Identifier | PIA13509 | |
