article_snippet: images reveal intricate details of this relatively recent crater and could help scientists learn more about how craters form.
article_snippet: The team predicted this relatively recent crater's size based on the impact energy, and then eagerly awaited Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera;s next pass over the location to confirm The team calculations.
article_snippet: Four different mages of a crater formed on the moon, March 17, 2013; each scene is 1837ft (560 metres) wide. 
article_snippet: a crater is small, measuring 61.7ft (18.8 metres) in diameter, but a crater influence is large; debris excavated by the sudden release of energy flew for hundreds of metres.
article_snippet: Several surprises were revealed in the before and after image pairs around the new crater.
article_snippet: Conventional thought predicted that the new crater should be surrounded by a high reflectance ejecta with some patchy debris spreading out two or three diameters. '
article_snippet: It's not easy to find new impact craters because most of new impact craters are very small.
article_snippet: With the help of the automated tool, the team has identified 225 new impact craters ranging in size from 4.9ft to 140ft (91.5 meters to 43 metres) and over 25,000 small changes known as 'splotches'.
article_snippet: Using data from the Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter's Lend tool (artist's impression pictured), Nasa scientists discovered the crater itself is small, measuring 61.7ft (18.8 metres) in diameter, but the crater itself influence is large; debris excavated by the sudden release of energy flew for hundreds of metres .
highlights_snippet: Resulting crater in Mare Imbrium is 61.7ft (18.8 metres) in diameter .