Baptistina family
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The Baptistina family is an asteroid family of more than 2500 members that was probably produced by the breakup of an asteroid 170 km across 80 million years ago following an impact with a smaller bod
298 Baptistina (center), one of the largest presumed remnants of the Baptistina family. Here it is shown flanked on either side by two bright stars in the background.
Tycho (lunar crater)
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Tycho is a prominent lunar impact crater located in the southern lunar highlands, named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. It is around 108 million years old. It is one of the Moon's brightest c
Baptistina family
…the source of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary. Because of the timeframe, it had also been suggested that the impactor that produced the lunar crater Tycho 108 million years ago was also a member of the group, as well as the Venusian craters Mead, Isabella, Meitner, and Klenova. In 2011, data from the…
The large ray system centered on Tycho Crater
Panoramic view of the lunar surface taken by Surveyor 7, which landed around 29 km (18 mi) from the rim of Tycho Crater
March 2007 lunar eclipse. The advancing shadow of Earth brings out detail on the lunar surface. The huge ray system emanating from Tycho is shown as the dominant feature on the southern hemisphere.
Central peak complex of Tycho Crater, taken at sunrise by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2011