NASA names crater McGetchin after lunar scientist
2 Sep 17 · 6d ago · 9 articles · 1 video · 1 post · 4 sources · development 2 of 2
NASA officially names the newly discovered crater McGetchin, honoring Tom McGetchin, a scientist who directed the Lunar Science Institute beginning in 1977 until his death in 1979.
“I just stopped, dropped everything, and started looking into what that spot was.”
Robert Wagner, NASA scientist · rss ↗Robert Wagner NASA scientistTom McGetchin Lunar scientist (deceased)NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Satellite instrument
The whole story articlesvideosposts the bright band is this development · numbered dots are the others · click one to jump
What was reported 3 claims about this development
-
first by Qazinform, 6d ago · also TPI Media Group, Washington Times, CNET, The West Australian, Engadget, The Hindu +5
11 more headlines
- NASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon apnews.com · 6d ago
- NASA discovers largest crater ever found on Moon dailygazette.com · 6d ago
- On the moon, scientists discover largest newly formed crater in solar system Washington Times · 6d ago
- A NASA Scientist Found a Huge New Crater on the Moon by Accident CNET · 6d ago
- ‘Once-in-a-century event’: NASA scientists uncover MCG-sized crater on the moon’s surface The West Australian · 6d ago
- NASA Scientist Discovers Largest Newly Formed Crater On Moon ndtv.com · 6d ago
- NASA's moon orbiter has spotted an impact crater that only happens once a century Engadget · 5d ago
- NASA scan discovers new, ‘once in a century’ Moon crater The Hindu · 5d ago
- NASA satellite spots a new once-in-a-century crater on the Moon The Weather Network · 4d ago
- NASA scientist discovers largest, newly formed 'once-in-a-century' moon crater after asteroid impact FOX Weather · 4d ago
- Scientists discover largest new impact crater in the solar system ever—on our moon Scientific American · 2d ago
-
first by KGET.com, 4d ago · also CP24, CTV News, CNN, Yahoo News Canada, Yahoo, KARK +1
2 more headlines
-
first by Smithsonian Magazine, 4d ago · also Universe Today, Boston Globe, The New York Times, NYT Science, Smithsonian
2 more headlines
- Scientists Release Details About Moon's New Massive Crater Universe Today · 2d ago
- What a massive new crater means for future moon bases Boston Globe · 1d ago
On air 2 segments · click to watch, arrow keys to move
What people said 3 voices · verbatim
-
N
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter discovered McGetchin crater, the largest newly formed crater ever spotted in the solar system! Formed in early 2024, scientists estimate an impact of this massive scale happens on the Moon only about once every century. 🌕💥
-
A New Lunar Crater: McGetchin Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Intuitive Machines Explanation: A once-in-a-lifetime crater has appeared on the Moon! A comet or asteroid roughly the size of a humpback whale (approximately 10-20 meters, 30-60 feet) crashed into the Moon sometime between April and May of 2024. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), with its…
-
C
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted a massive new crater on the Moon that scientists say was created in a rare, once-in-a-century impact. The newly named McGetchin crater is 728 feet wide — about the length of two football fields — and 141 feet deep, NASA said in a release. It is the largest newly formed impact crater ever found in the…
All 2 developments of NASA scientist discovers massive new moon crater bigger… →
NewswiresGoogle NewsYouTubeHacker NewsBlueskyMastodonReddit