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{{Infobox hot spot data
| image           = [[File:Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly.png|225px]]
| caption         = The Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly, viewed from the [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]] in 2009.
| latitude        = 61.1
| N_or_S          = N
| longitude       = 99.5
| E_or_W          = E
}}
The '''Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly''' is a hot-spot on the [[Moon]]. It is on the face of the Moon which is always away from [[Earth]]. It was found by a gamma-ray spectrometer in 1988.<ref name="1a">{{cite web|url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/2224.pdf|title=LPI (usra.edu) - Meetings|date=|accessdate=May 7, 2012}}</ref> 

==About==
The '''Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly''' is concentrated [[Thorium]], a radioactive element, between the [[Bel'kovich (crater)|Bel'kovich]] and [[Compton (crater)|Compton]] craters on the Moon. It only appears when there is the highest amount of concentrated [[Thorium]] possible. It is around {{convert|43|km}} wide.

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