# LRO Tycho Central Peak

- By: NASA / GSFC / Arizona State Univ. / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Date: 2011-06-10
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: LRO
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LRO_Tycho_Central_Peak.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/b/b3/LRO_Tycho_Central_Peak.jpg/1920px-LRO_Tycho_Central_Peak.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.