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2. South Pole–Aitken basin - Wikipedia

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   The South Pole–Aitken basin (SPA Basin, / ˈeɪtkɪn /) is an immense impact crater on the far side of the Moon. At roughly 2,500 km (1,600 mi) in diameter and between 6.2 and 8.2 km (3.9–5.1 mi) deep, it is one of the largest known impact craters in the Solar System. It is the largest, oldest, and deepest basin recognized on the Moon. [1]

3. Chicxulub crater - Wikipedia

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   Free-air gravity anomaly over the Chicxulub structure (coastline and state boundaries shown as black lines) The Chicxulub crater (IPA: [t͡ʃikʃuˈluɓ] ⓘ cheek-shoo-LOOB) is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Its center is offshore, but the crater is named after the onshore community of Chicxulub Pueblo ...

4. Impact event - Wikipedia

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   Analysis of the Hiawatha Glacier reveals the presence of a 31 km wide impact crater dated at 58 million years of age, less than 10 million years after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, scientists believe that the impactor was a metallic asteroid with a diameter in the order of 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi). The impact would have had global ...

5. Space crash: New research suggests huge asteroid shifted ...

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   Expert: 'Giant impact' hit Jupiter's moon Ganymede. The impact of a large asteroid – Hirata's computer simulations suggest the asteroid measured 186 miles in diameter – could cause the moon to ...

6. Asteroids safely fly by Earth all the time. Here’s why ...

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   A menacing asteroid named Apophis is projected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029, but scientists have long ruled it out as an impact risk. Asteroids safely fly by Earth all the time ...

7. Skyscraper-size asteroid will buzz Earth on Friday, safely ...

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   An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday. ... it will pass seven times the distance from Earth to the moon. Discovered in 2008, the asteroid is ...