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The Moon - Mare Fecunditatis, Killie

The Moon - Mare Fecunditatis

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So as part of the Lunar 100 I had to look at Messier & Messier A, two rather interesting craters in the Mare Fecunditatis (“Sea of Fertility").

These two crater are lined up with each other with two near linear rays extending westward for Messier A. It is actually theorised that Messier crater was formed by an impact at a very low angle, and that Messier A could have formed following a rebound by the impacting body

Messier and Messier A are quite obvious on the image due to the two linear rays.

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The Moon - Mare Fecunditatis, Killie