Perfectly round shape on the moon.

Posted by brupm2 on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @12:29AM
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http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llbj9trfTx1qzt1kzo1_500.jpg

I just took this photo. Although the picture is pretty mundane, I observed something I have never seen before: The perfectly round circle on the bottom of the moon (bottom right hand corner).

At first I thought it was a crater, but it looks too perfect. What could it be?

What are the shiny dots all over the moon?

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Re:Perfectly round shape on the moon. by cromulent on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @12:56AM (#2555324)

Nice photo. All the things you ask about are craters. The large one is Tycho.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_(crater)

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Re:Perfectly round shape on the moon. by brupm2 on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @09:34AM (#2556283)

Interesting, it's so perfectly round. Thank you.

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Re:Perfectly round shape on the moon. by mturmon on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @01:44AM (#2555418)

You can also zoom and pan in

www.google.com/moon

A view with Tycho centered is:

http://www.google.com/moon/#lat=-43.802818&lon=-14.16687...

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Re:Perfectly round shape on the moon. by Luyt on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @06:49AM (#2555969)

Clickable version: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llbj9trfTx1qzt1kzo1_500.jp...

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