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    Phillips is a lunar impact crater that is located in the vicinity of the Moon's east-southeastern limb, named after British geologist John Phillips. The...
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    Lunar craters are impact craters on Earth's Moon. The Moon's surface has many craters, all of which were formed by impacts. The International Astronomical...
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  • Illinois The Phillips Collection, an art museum in Washington, D.C. Phillips (lunar crater) Phillips (Martian crater) Phillips screwdriver Phillips curve, an...
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    (mascon), a sub-surface region of higher-density material. "Lamont (lunar crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program...
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    explain their origins. Most lunar scientists will acknowledge that transient events such as outgassing and impact cratering do occur over geologic time...
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    Humboldt is a large lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon. Due to foreshortening this formation has an extremely oblong...
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    Isis is a tiny lunar volcanic crater in the southeastern part of the Mare Serenitatis. It is located to the northeast of the small crater Dawes, and to...
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    2009, in conjunction with the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), as the vanguard of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program, LRO...
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    vent. This concentration can then result in a vent crater at the peak of the dome. The cluster of lunar domes at the Marius Hills was considered as a possible...
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    handful of lunar meteorites have been recognized on Earth, though their source craters on the Moon are unknown. A substantial portion of the lunar surface...
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