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Xiuyan impact structure
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Chinese researchers have discovered an impact structure in Xiuyan County (Manchu Autonomous, Liaoning, China. The crater has a diameter of 1,800 metres, and is 150 metres deep. It is believed to have been formed 50,000 years ago. According to Chen Ming, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, thi...
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Luizi crater
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Huge Impact Crater Found in Remote Congo A circular depression deep in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been confirmed as the first known impact crater in central Africa, a new study says. The find brings the number of known meteor craters on Earth to 182. The so-called Luizi structure w...
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CAMS project
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Vineyard doubles as observatory In a small "chicken coop" sitting among acres of grape vines at the Heritage Oaks Winery, 16 video cameras take pictures of the night sky, tracking almost anything that moves. The cameras, which were moved to the Acampo vineyard in May, are part of a NASA-f...
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Sirente crater
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The Sirente crater field of more than 20 extremely well preserved structures was discovered during the late 1990s and was originally though to be due to a very recent meteoritic impact (about 1500 years ago).
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Crestone Crater
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The Mysterious Crestone Crater: A real meteor crater or not? Is the hole in the ground south of Crestone a meteor crater or not, and if not, what is it? Well it sure looks like one, and many geologists believe it is, but a few others say they aren't sure. It's a Crestone mystery that's not completely solve...
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Middlesboro Crater
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Middlesboro is a meteorite crater in Kentucky, United States. It is named after the city of Middlesborough (also spelled Middlesboro), which today occupies much of the crater. It is approximately about 6 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 300 million years (Permian). The crate...
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Grosnaja meteorite
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The Grosnaja (CV3 chondrite) meteorite fell in Chechenskaya Respublika, Russia, on the 28th June, 1861. A total mass of 3.5 kg was recovered. 43° 40'N, 45° 23'E A shower of stones fell after sonic booms at 7:00 P.M. in Grosnaja, Mekensk, USSR. Only one stone of about 3.5 kg was recovered, the remaind...
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Chicora Meteor
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On June 24, 1938 a meteorite fell in the vicinity of Chicora. Named the "Chicora Meteor", the 450+ tonne meteorite exploded approximately twelve miles above the Earth's surface. Only two fragments of the meteorite were found following initial investigations. They had masses 242g an...
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Nordlingen Ries impact crater
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About 14.7 million years ago, in the Miocene, a impact crater was caused by a meteorite at a place what is now known as Nordlingen Ries, Germany and at Steinheimer, Germany. The depression has a circular shape and is 25 km in diameter. The bottom of the crater is about 100-150 m below the brink. The city o...
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Kunya-Urgench meteorite
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The Kunya-Urgench meteorite impacted at 17:25 local time on June 20, 1998 in Turkmenistan. The largest fragment (~900kg) made a crater 6 metres-wide and 4 metres deep, impacting the ground only 30-50 metres away from farmers working in a cotton field. The meteorite is classified as a H5 chondrite....
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North Greeley Meteorite
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Rare heart-shaped meteorite turns up in man's backyard It was sitting in a small indentation, like it had been there a long time - or that it hit the ground at a high speed. He picked it up and discovered the rock was shaped like a heart, and it was unlike any rock he'd seen before. About four inches across,...
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Harleston meteorite
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Meteorite strikes in Harleston? A removal man from Long Stratton believes that a meteorite tore a gaping three to four inch hole in the roof of his 18-ton lorry. James Barber, 34, had parked his lorry at the Harleston base of international removal firm Hamiltons in Speedwell Way, and believes he hear...
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Dhofar 378 Meteorite
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Today, is the 10th Anniversary (2000), of the discovery of the Dhofar 378 Mars Meteorite. Dhofar 378 1809.5' N, 5406.8' E Oman Found 2000 June 17 Martian meteorite (basaltic shergottite) A single stone of 15 g, covered with fresh black fusion crust, was recovered by an anonymous finder within the pr...
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Jabal Waqf es Suwwan Crater
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Professor Dr. Elias Salameh / University of Jordan has announced the discovery of a huge impact site in East Jordan near Jabal Waqf es Suwwan. The discovery was made by Professor Dr. Elias Salameh, Professor Dr. Werner Schneider, and Professor Dr. Hani Khoury.
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Wabar craters
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The Wabar craters are impact craters brought to the attention of Western scholars by an explorer searching for the legendary city of Ubar in Arabia. The Wabar site covers about 500 by 1,000 meters, and the most recent mapping shows three prominent, roughly circular craters. Five were reported by Ph...
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