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=== 2013 Impact === On 17 March 2013, an object hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium and exploded in a flash of [[apparent magnitude]] 4.<ref name="impact2013">{{cite web |date=17 May 2013 |title=Bright Explosion on the Moon |publisher=Science@NASA |author=Dr. Tony Phillips |url=https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/16may_lunarimpact/ |access-date=2013-05-19}}</ref> The resulting crater was 18 meters wide.<ref name="newcratersonmoon">{{cite web |date=17 March 2015 |title = New Craters on the Moon |publisher=Goddard Media Studios |author=NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center |url=https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11806 |access-date=2022-05-13}}</ref> This was the brightest impact recorded since NASA's lunar impact team began monitoring in 2005.
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