Record #00430Space archive
The South Pole–Aitken basin on the Moon's far side is the largest known impact basin in the Solar System, spanning more than 2,500 kilometres.
Current Record
over2500km
Current record value
The basin spans a vast region of the lunar far side and provides a window into early large-scale impacts in lunar history.
NASA describes an average depth of about 10 km. The diameter refers to the broad impact structure, not an individual smaller crater within it.
The record conclusion has sufficient verification support.
Basis: direct confirmation by an authority
largest impact crater that we know of in the solar system
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