Did a Large Impact Reorient the Moon?

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Mar 2009

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40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, (Lunar and Planetary Science XL), held March 23-27, 2009 in The Woodlands, Texas, i

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More impacts should occur on the Moon's western hemisphere as a result
of this body's synchronous rotation. We show that there are more old
basins located on the Moon's eastern hemisphere, suggesting that a large
impact reoriented the Moon by 180°.

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