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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Sunrise at Tycho
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[z]Barbara Harris
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07.07.2011 00:00
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Sunrise at Tycho
Explanation: Tycho crater's central peak complex casts a
long, dark shadow
near
local sunrise
in this
spectacular lunarscape
. The dramatic oblique view was recorded on June 10 by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Shown in amazing detail, boulder strewn slopes and jagged shadows appear in the
highest resolution version
at 1.5 meters per pixel. The rugged complex is about 15 kilometers 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 kilometers above the
Tycho crater floor
.
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