Coordinates: 52°29′24″N 16°53′47″E. One of the craters in winter. The Morasko meteorite nature reserve ( Polish: Rezerwat przyrody meteoryt Morasko) is located in Morasko, on the northern edge of the city of Poznań, Poland. It contains seven meteor craters. The reserve has an area of 55 hectares (136 acres) and was established in 1976. An excellent example of a crater produced by this type of impact is the geologically young (50,000 year old) Meteor Crater in northern Arizona. This crater is 1.25 kilometers (4,100 feet) across, 170 meters (560 feet) deep (that of an approximately 60 story building), and has a circumference of nearly 5 kilometers (over 3 miles).
It was discovered to be 82% iron and 16% nickel. That makes it a rarity among meteorites, as only about 6% of meteorites are primarily iron. Most impressively, it weighs around 50 tons, making it the biggest intact meteorite on the planet. And yet it left virtually no crater when it slammed into the earth. How is this possible?
March 24, 2015. An artist's rendition of an asteroid impact. Mike Agliolo/Corbis. Back in 2013, scientists conducting geothermal drilling in the south Australian outback came across something The youngest impact crater on Earth is Carancas impact crater in Peru – this 13.5 m wide crater formed in the 15th September 2007. The largest impact crater in modern times (last centuries) could be Wabar craters (Saudi Arabia) – the largest crater is 116 m wide. Most likely these craters formed in September 1704. Impact craters are ubiquitously present on the Earth, the Moon and Solar System’s planets. Logically, therefore, the identification of impact craters can help us deepen our knowledge of the geology of the Earth in the context of our Solar System. The terrestrial cratering record is unique in providing a detailed picture of the history of our VHGf.
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