Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Image of Far Side Thorium Anomaly (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Image of Far Side Thorium Anomaly

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Cameras aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched in 2009, showed that the center of the Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly was relatively reflective in visible light compared to its surroundings. The high-resolution cameras also revealed unusual features in this bright area.

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NASA/GSFC/ASU/WUSTL, processing by S. Wiseman and B. Jolliff

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