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Multiphase Development of the Lunar Crater Tycho

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Data collected by Orbiter V when it landed on the Moon in 1967 provide information about the history of the crater Tycho. Volcanic eruptions seem to have been involved in the crater's development.

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  1. G. FIELDER: On leave from the University of London.

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STROM, R., FIELDER, G. Multiphase Development of the Lunar Crater Tycho. Nature 217, 611–615 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217611a0

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