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Aitkin Basin on the Moon


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Near the Moon's south pole is the South Pole - Aitken Basin, the largest known impact crater in the entire Solar System. Coloured blue in this topographic map, it is 2500 kilometres wide and up to 12 kilometres deep.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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