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  2. Marquez crater - Wikipedia

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    Marquez crater is a meteorite crater located in Leon County, Texas near the small town of Marquez about 177 km (110 mi) northeast of Austin, Texas, United States. [1]It is 12.7 km (8 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 58 ± 2 million years ().

  3. Odessa Meteor Crater - Wikipedia

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    The Odessa Meteor Crater is a meteorite crater in the southwestern part of Ector County, southwest of the city of Odessa of West Texas, United States. It is accessible approximately 3 mi (5 km) south of Interstate 20 at Exit 108 (Moss Road). [ 1 ]

  4. Chicxulub crater - Wikipedia

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    In 1998, a meteorite, approximately 2.5 millimeters (1 ⁄ 8 in) across, was described from a deep sea sediment core from the North Pacific, from a sediment sequence spanning the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (when the site was located in the central Pacific), with the meteorite being found at the base of the K-Pg boundary iridium anomaly ...

  5. Meteor created ‘panic’ throughout McAllen, Texas, police chief says. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...

  6. Look up: Meteors to put on a show this week. It won't ... - AOL

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    These meteors originate from comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun every 133 years and was last seen in 1992. Swift-Tuttle is large, with a nucleus measuring 16 miles wide. Swift-Tuttle is ...

  7. List of predicted asteroid impacts on Earth - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of asteroids that have impacted Earth after discovery and orbit calculation that predicted the impact in advance. As of December 2024, all of the asteroids with predicted impacts were under 5 m (16 ft) in size that were discovered just hours before impact, and burned up in the atmosphere as meteors.

  8. Sierra Madera crater - Wikipedia

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    The Sierra Madera crater is a meteorite crater (astrobleme) in southwestern Pecos County, Texas, United States. [1] The central peak of the rebound structure of the impact crater rises 793 ft (242 m) above the surrounding land. [3] The peak is visible from U.S. Highway 385 between Fort Stockton, Texas and Marathon, Texas. The Sierra Madera ...

  9. List of meteor showers - Wikipedia

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    This list of meteor streams and peak activity times is based on data from the International Meteor Organization while most of the parent body associations are from Gary W. Kronk book, Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog, Enslow Publishers, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89490-071-4, and from Peter Jenniskens's book, "Meteor Showers and Their Parent ...