Tycho Crater Oblique View
![Black and white image of mountains in a crater on the Moon.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/m1167178525.png?w=4096&format=png)
NASA/GSFC/ASU
September 26, 2017
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The moon’s famous Tycho crater, as seen at a low angle by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Tycho is about 53 miles (85 kilometers) in diameter, and its central peak rises more than 6562 feet (2000 meters) above the crater floor.
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