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Published 12:52 29 Jun 2022 BST
A rocket body impacted the Moon on March 4, creating a double crater roughly 28 meters wide in the longest dimension. (Photo: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University)[/caption]
Confirming the news on Friday, NASA explained: "Surprisingly the crater is actually two craters, an eastern crater (18-meter diameter, about 19.5 yards) superimposed on a western crater (16-meter diameter, about 17.5 yards).
"The double crater was unexpected and may indicate that the body had large masses at each end. Typically a spent rocket has mass concentrated at the motor end; the rest of the rocket stage mainly consists of an empty fuel tank."
The new crater is not visible in this view but its location is indicated by the white arrow (Credits: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University)[/caption]
While the spacecraft is yet to be claimed, Astronomer Bill Gray believes he knows where the spacecraft came from.
Speaking to the BBC last year shortly after the rocket was identified, he said: "I'm 99.9 percent sure it's the China 5-T1," though China has denied this claim.
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