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East Warburton Basin [10] South Australia: 200 [11] about 300-360 million West Warburton Basin [12] South Australia: 200 [11] about 300-360 million Gnargoo [13] Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: 75 <300
The East Warburton Basin in South Australia is the site of a hypothesised large impact crater of the Carboniferous period (around 360-300 million years ago). The subterranean structure lies buried at a depth of ~4 km, and measures a minimum of 200 km in diameter. [1]
Two 10-kilometre sized (6.2 mi) asteroids are now believed to have struck Australia between 360 and 300 million years ago at the Western Warburton and East Warburton Basins, creating a 400-kilometre impact zone (250 mi). According to evidence found in 2015, it is the largest ever recorded. [73]
Researchers have determined that the 45-mile-wide (70-km-wide) Yarrabubba crater in Australia formed when an asteroid struck Earth just over 2.2 billion years ago. "Looking at our planet from ...
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Warburton: Middleton: Corfield: ... Scientists from Geoscience Australia believe that it is an impact structure formed by an asteroid that struck the area about 300 ...
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 hit a record high. Experts expect the risk percentage to fluctuate before likely dropping to zero. ... Australia's gender pay gap ...
The asteroid's provisional designation as a minor planet, "2024 YR 4", was assigned by the Minor Planet Center when its discovery was announced on 27 December 2024. [2] The first letter, "Y", indicates that the asteroid was discovered in the second half-month of December (16 to 31 December), and "R 4" indicates that it was the 117th provisional designation to be assigned in that half-month.