NASA Captures Luna Crater With "Signatures Of Meteorite Impact" In Gujarat
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The crater measures approximately 1.8 kilometres (1.1 miles) in width, and its outer rim rises about 6 meters (20 feet) above the crater floor.
NASA Earth Observatory's orbiting satellite has recorded a picture of a crater named Luna in Gujarat's Kutch region. The official site of the US space agency revealed that a recent geochemical analysis found that “it contains the characteristic signatures of a meteorite impact.” You've heard of Clair de Lune, but what about crater de Luna? ????The #Landsat 8 satellite captured this image of a meteorite impact site—Luna crater—located in India's Gujarat state in the Banni Plains grassland in February 2024. https://t.co/EnV3LbCPsMpic.twitter.com/Z7xvSwZ4Xq
The report stated that the footprint of the Luna impact crater was captured by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on the Landsat 8 satellite on February 24.
This development came to light after NASA shared a zoomed-in picture of the crater on X (formerly Twitter).
