Today’s question: what’s the largest crater on the moon, and how big is it?

by | Mar 28, 2017 | Journal | 9 comments

I know. 😉

9 Comments

  1. HRHSpence
    HRHSpence on March 28, 2017 at 1:59 pm

    The South Pole-Aiken basin, 2,240 km across and 13 deep, is the largest impact crater in the solar system.

    • joekc6nlx
      joekc6nlx on March 28, 2017 at 6:49 pm

      Hmm…I looked at the Moon on Google Earth and couldn’t find the label for anything at the South Pole…..

      • CJ
        CJ on March 29, 2017 at 7:34 am

        It’s not visible from Earth. It’s on the far side of the moon.

        • joekc6nlx
          joekc6nlx on March 29, 2017 at 11:06 am

          But Google Earth Pro does allow you to “orbit” the moon and see the features on the opposite side….I’ll take a look again……
          I did find an Aitken, it’s located at 16degrees, 48 minutes south, 173degrees, 24 minutes east….that’s nowhere near the South Pole. I’ve looked all around the South Pole…I’ve found Clavius, Newton, Schroedinger, but no Aiken…..and Google Earth’s search give no results for Aiken. It does give results for Aitken…..so, nope, didn’t find it…..gone to 0,0, then 90 degrees S, and still nothing. Largest crater I could find was Tycho…..well, no big deal…..

  2. CJ
    CJ on March 28, 2017 at 2:22 pm

    You got it!
    I should start listing the things I have to look up in the course of a day. Some of them are really odd.

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