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Tag: Ryder Crater

Posted on October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

Why Does the Moon’s Ryder Crater Look This Way?

This may be one of the strangest craters you’ll ever see.

Ryder crater is located near the south pole of our Moon, and it has a bizarre oblong shape (approximately 13 x 17 km in size),  with a ridge cutting across the middle.

The majority of impact craters are round. How did Ryder crater end up in this odd shape?

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