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The Reiner Gamma formation is a well known lunar swirl region, due to its nearside location. Swirls are described by curving, diffuse bright patterns, which are interspersed with darker lanes. These anomalous albedo patterns are associated with local magnetic anomalies of varying intensities; swirl complexes are often extensive and may stretch across thousands of kilometers, well beyond localized magnetic anomalies. Image credit: NASA / LPI.

Comet Collisions Could Explain Formation of Mysterious Lunar Swirls

Jun 3, 2015 by News Staff

Comet impacts over the past 100 million years can account for many of the features in the mysterious lunar swirls – wispy bright regions scattered...

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