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[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Don't try to find it in the picture, folks. At that resolution the area of the crater would be less than two thousandths (2/1000) of a pixel if it were in the centre of the photograph.

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So OP and I clearly have different definitions of the word "massive. "

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Strictly speaking no crater can be massive, because a hole by definition is a lack of mass