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ISRO releases fresh set of photos of moon craters

The Indian Space Research Organisation also released pictures showing impact craters such as Sommerfeld and Kirkwood

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The moon as viewed by Terrain Mapping Camera Chandrayaan-2.Pic/Twitter IANS

The moon as viewed by Terrain Mapping Camera Chandrayaan-2.Pic/Twitter IANS

On Monday, the Indian Space Research Organisation released a fresh set of photographs of the surface of the moon and its craters taken by the Terrain Mapping Camera-2 of the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. According to ISRO, the pictures were taken on August 23 at an altitude of about 4,375 kms showing impact craters like Jackson, Mitra, Mach, and Korolev reports news agency IANS.

ISRO said that Jackson is an impact crater located in the northern hemisphere of the far side of the Moon. The crater's diameter is about 71 kms. The interesting feature at the western outer rim of the Mach crater is another impact crater named Mitra (92 kms in diameter), says ISRO.

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