Surface feature · Lunar impact crater
Tycho
- Type
- Lunar impact crater
NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
Scientific overview
Tycho is a lunar impact crater in orbit around The Moon.
Gallery
The Floor of Tycho
NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows boulders and impact melt line the floor of the 85-km crater Tycho, a potential site for future human exploration.
2010
NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University · NASA media (public domain)
Observation
How this was captured
- Source
- NASA
- Observation date
- 2010-12-09
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.