Impact! New moon craters are appearing faster than thought

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Well, this is primarily an FYI post for the Moon, rather than an anomaly.  It seems that new craters are being found, including one that formed sometime between Oct. 25, 2012 and April 21, 2013. New craters mean new concerns for NASA about future missions to the Moon - what new missions.......and when?? 

Space.com
By Charles Q. Choi Space.com Contributor  Published October 13, 2016

New craters are forming on the surface of the moon more frequently than scientists had predicted, a new study has found. The discovery raises concerns about future moon missions, which may face an increased risk of being hit by falling space rocks.

To find out more about the present lunar crater formation rate, a group of scientists analyzed more than 14,000 pairs of before-and-after images of the moon's surface, taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). These images covered 6.6 percent of the lunar surface — about 960,000 square miles — and could reveal when a spot was crater-free and when it later had a crater. The time gaps between observations spanned between 176 and 1,241 Earth days.

The researchers discovered 222 craters on the moon that appeared on the surface after the first LRO images were taken — that is 33 percent more than predicted by current models. These were at least 32 feet across, and ranged up to about 140 feet wide.

Read more:  http://www.space.com/34372-new-moon-craters-appearing-faster-than-thought.html

Below is a photo of one new crater specifically noted in this article.

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Zorgon wonders why he bothers to post web pages



NASA Science News for December 1, 2006
Leonids Strike the Moon

This is new impacts for ONE DAY during ONE meteor shower



One of the first pages I created LOL ( I noticed it needs revamping)

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/41Group_Lunar_FYEO/02files/FYEO_Lunar_01.html