Cabeus (crater)

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Cabeus is an impact crater near the south pole of the Moon. In this position, the crater of the Earth is almost side visible. For lack of sunlight it is almost always in the deep shade, so that you, also out of orbit, can hardly recognize details. He lies to the west of the crater Malapert and south-southwest of Newton.

Cabeus was on 9 October 2009, the aim of the LCROSS impact. In this case, an occurrence of frozen water was discovered.

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