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LRO Tycho Central Peak
NASA / GSFC / Arizona State Univ. / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
2011-06-10
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- LRO
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Tycho crater's central peak complex casts a long, dark shadow near local sunrise in this spectacular lunar-scape. The dramatic oblique view was recorded by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The rugged complex is about 15 kilometres wide, formed in uplift by the giant impact that created the well-known ray crater 100 million years ago. The summit of its central peak reaches 2 kilometres above the Tycho crater floor.
