Why Does the Moon’s Ryder Crater Look This Way?

Why Does the Moon’s Ryder Crater Look This Way?
By Nancy Atkinson

This may be one of the strangest craters you’ll ever see. Ryder crater is located near the south pole of our Moon, and it has a bizarre oblong shape (approximately 13 x 17 km in size),  with a ridge cutting across the middle. The majority of impact craters are round. How did Ryder crater end …

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October 29, 2020 at 08:11PM
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