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This list of impact structures (including impact craters) on Earth contains the majority of the 194+ confirmed impact structure given in the Earth Impact Database as of 2024. [1] Alphabetical lists for different continents can be found under Impact structures by continent below.
This list includes all 60 confirmed impact structures in North America in the Earth Impact Database (EID). These features were caused by the collision of large meteorites or comets with the Earth. For eroded or buried craters, the stated diameter typically refers to an estimate of original rim diameter, and may not correspond to present surface ...
According to the Lunar and Planetary Institute, impact craters are formed when a planet's surface is struck by a meteoroid, leading to the excavation of the surface material. These impact...
Meteor Crater is a well-known example of a small impact crater on Earth. [5] Impact craters are the dominant geographic features on many solid Solar System objects including the Moon, Mercury, Callisto, Ganymede, and most small moons and asteroids.
A popular tourist destination, the bowl-shaped Barringer Crater or “Meteor Crater” in Arizona is one of the most recognizable impact craters in North America. It was formed 50,000 years ago...
The Barringer Meteorite Crater, also known as Meteor Crater, is one of the best-preserved impact craters on Earth, located near Winslow in the Arizona desert. It was created approximately 50,000 years ago when a nickel-iron meteorite about 160 feet (50 meters) in diameter and weighing over 300,000 tons struck the ground at a speed of around ...
Big Boom: The Best Places to See Meteorite Impact Craters. Ancient impacts changed landscapes and perhaps even the course of evolution—here’s where to see the coolest craters this summer....
meteorite crater, depression that results from the impact of a natural object from interplanetary space with Earth or with other comparatively large solid bodies such as the Moon, other planets and their satellites, or larger asteroids and comets.
An impact crater is formed when an object like an asteroid or meteorite crashes into the surface of a larger solid object like a planet or a moon. To form a true impact crater, this object needs to be traveling extremely fast—many thousands of miles per hour!
Meteor Crater measures 0.75 miles (1.2 kilometers) across and about 600 feet (180 meters) deep. The size of the asteroid that produced the impact is uncertain—likely in the range of 100 to 170 feet (30 to 50 meters) across—but it had to be large enough to excavate 175 million metric tons of rock.