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  2. List of impact structures on Earth - Wikipedia

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    Traces of Catastrophe – Comprehensive technical reference on the science of impact craters; Giant-impact hypothesis – Hypothesis of the formation of the Moon; Deniliquin multiple-ring feature – Buried feature in southeast Australia, suggested to be an impact structure (520 km-diameter crater would be the largest one on Earth)

  3. Impact event - Wikipedia

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    The Kamchatka superbolide is estimated to have had a mass of roughly 1600 tons, and a diameter of 9 to 14 meters depending on its density, making it the third largest asteroid to impact Earth since 1900, after the Chelyabinsk meteor and the Tunguska event. The fireball exploded in an airburst 25.6 kilometres (15.9 mi) above Earth's surface.

  4. Vredefort impact structure - Wikipedia

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    The Vredefort impact structure is the largest verified impact structure on Earth. [1] The crater, which has since been eroded away, has been estimated at 170–300 kilometres (110–190 mi) across when it was formed. [2] [3] The remaining structure, comprising the deformed underlying bedrock, is located in present-day Free State province of ...

  5. Scientists Say They've Found the Largest Asteroid Impact ...

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    The news about the discovery of the world’s largest asteroid impact crater is huge, if true—323-miles-in-diameter huge.. Researchers at University New South Wales (UNSW) believe they’ve ...

  6. Scientists puzzled by asteroids that hit Earth 35 million ...

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    Researchers say they are surprised to discover that two massive asteroids that slammed into the Earth 35 million years ago caused no real climate impact. After the asteroid that wiped out the ...

  7. Could an asteroid really hit Earth? Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

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    The asteroid YR4's chances of impact now surpass the odds that Apophis once had of colliding with Earth when it was first discovered in 2004. Fortunately, the 130 to 300-foot asteroid is much ...

  8. 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.

  9. An asteroid’s chances of hitting Earth keep shifting. Here’s ...

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    The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in 2032 hit a record high. ... The University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system captured the motion of asteroid 2024 YR4 over the ...