Date: September 8th, 2005

New New Orleans, Tycho and St. Paul’s

8 September, 2005 (09:08) | Uncategorized |

The Moon’s most visible crater (although not its largest) is Tycho:
 
 
 
It is named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, the last pre-telescopic astronomer.
 
 
 
Though Tycho was formed ‘only’ 100 million years ago, we know exactly where and how it happened, because we see its ejecta pattern, the hundred-mile splash of basalt and rubble radiating outward [...]