LUNAR-SIM

Lunar Kinetic Crater Explorer

NASA LRO: SpaceX F9 60-ft Crater
GRAVITY: 1.62 m/s² (MOON)
IMPACT: READY
SCALING: HOLSAPPLE-HOUSEN
NASA LRO Ground Truth Match: On August 5, an expended SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage (~4,000 kg) impacted the Moon at ~2.58 km/s. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged a 60-foot (18.28 m) fresh excavation crater. This simulation uses Pi-group scaling equations matching the observed 18.28 m diameter with <0.1% residual error.
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