An oblique of the Crater Daedalus on the lunar farside as seen from the Apollo 11 spacecraft in lunar orbit. The view looks southwest. Daedalus (formerly referred to as I.A.U. Crater No. 308) is located at 179 degrees east longitude and 5.5 degrees south latitude. Daedalus has a diameter of about 50 statute miles.
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Lunar surface may take a direct hit from incoming asteroid

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4, a building-sized object that initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is now moving beyond the reach of telescopes on its orbit around the sun. However, its revised trajectory is drawing attention to another possible target: the moon.

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An oblique of the Crater Daedalus on the lunar farside as seen from the Apollo 11 spacecraft in lunar orbit. The view looks southwest. Daedalus (formerly referred to as I.A.U. Crater No. 308) is located at 179 degrees east longitude and 5.5 degrees south latitude. Daedalus has a diameter of about 50 statute miles.
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