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In a rare event, the moon got a massive new crater
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cm0002 literature.cafe cm0002@literature.cafe
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alekwithak lemmy.world alekwithak@lemmy.world
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Sleepy Joe couldn't even keep the moon intact 🙄

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Albbi piefed.ca albbi@piefed.ca
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One of the first craters the orbiter spotted after it began its mission in 2009 was 70 meters wide, said Robinson, of Houston-based spaceflight company Intuitive Machines. “I used to joke with folks … that now the bar has been set, you have to find a 100-meter crater,” he said. “Now, lo and behold, we have 225 meters.”

This quote sounds like something that should be posted to !dullsters@dullsters.net.

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orbituary lemmy.dbzer0.com orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-14
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We had a meteorite over Cleveland last week, and another over Houston that hit a house last week, and now a new crater on the moon. If we're lucky, another dinosaur-level asteroid will put us out of our misery.

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PancakesCantKillMe lemmy.world PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-09
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We had a meteorite over Cleveland last week, and another over Houston that hit a house last week, and now a new crater on the moon. If we're lucky, another dinosaur-level asteroid will put us out of our misery.

I, for one, look forward to the new jobs this asteroid will bring!

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OfCourseNot fedia.io OfCourseNot@fedia.io
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Don't try to find it in the picture, folks. At that resolution the area of the crater would be less than two thousandths (2/1000) of a pixel if it were in the centre of the photograph.

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Luthis anarchist.nexus Luthis@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2026-03-24
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why is the moon upside down?

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frongt lemmy.zip frongt@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-31
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why is the moon upside down?

Who are you to say which way is right side up?

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KĂĽhlschrank lemmy.world makyo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-22
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We had a meteorite over Cleveland last week, and another over Houston that hit a house last week, and now a new crater on the moon. If we're lucky, another dinosaur-level asteroid will put us out of our misery.

SMOD 2028!

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Chais sh.itjust.works Chais@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Don't try to find it in the picture, folks. At that resolution the area of the crater would be less than two thousandths (2/1000) of a pixel if it were in the centre of the photograph.

So OP and I clearly have different definitions of the word "massive. "

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KingOfSleep lemmy.ca KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-09-17
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Who are you to say which way is right side up?

The moon is "upside down" for half the planet.

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frongt lemmy.zip frongt@lemmy.zip
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So OP and I clearly have different definitions of the word "massive. "

Strictly speaking no crater can be massive, because a hole by definition is a lack of mass

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Nastybutler lemmy.world Nastybutler@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-24
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Strictly speaking no crater can be massive, because a hole by definition is a lack of mass

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Nastybutler lemmy.world Nastybutler@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-24
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Strictly speaking no crater can be massive, because a hole by definition is a lack of mass

Except for black holes

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GreyEyedGhost piefed.ca GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-11-30
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The moon is "upside down" for half the planet.

That broke my brain for a second.

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Luthis anarchist.nexus Luthis@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2026-03-24
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Who are you to say which way is right side up?

I'm a reference frame

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Luthis anarchist.nexus Luthis@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2026-03-24
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That broke my brain for a second.

it took me a few minutes to figure out why the moon looked weird

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Draconic NEO mander.xyz Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-10-29
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why is the moon upside down?

Because you probably live in the southern hemisphere and it is oriented in the thumbnail as it is in the northern hemisphere.

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