mn90403 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 The top 10 craters are impressive. Think about how many are unknown! https://www.livescience.com/45126-biggest-impact-crater-earth-countdown.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSC Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Wow, cool, thanks for the link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSC Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 When you see a picture of the moon you see what seems like un-countable number of craters. Due to Earths greater gravity more meteorites are suspected to have hit the Earth than has impacted the Moon. This puts on display how dynamic erosive forces are on this planet. Most impacts happened during the time called the great bombardment millions/billions of years ago which cleared out most of the meteorites from our orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 1 hour ago, MSC said: When you see a picture of the moon you see what seems like un-countable number of craters. Due to Earths greater gravity more meteorites are suspected to have hit the Earth than has impacted the Moon. This puts on display how dynamic erosive forces are on this planet. Most impacts happened during the time called the great bombardment millions/billions of years ago which cleared out most of the meteorites from our orbit. Moon also has no atmosphere to impede/burn up the impactors so that's probably a big factor as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSC Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Chase, yes, good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Idaho Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 I was just metal detecting close to the impact center of the Beaverhead Crater a couple of weeks ago. It's about 8 miles west of where hiway 93 crosses Willow Creek Summit north of Mackay, Idaho. No visible evidence at all, unless you're an expert. Wandered that country for years, back in my fur-hunting days, and nobody back then had any idea that was an impact crater. It's interesting that Idaho's highest peak (Mount Borah) is right on the crater rim. Jim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Interesting article. I was under the impression that a meteor impact was part of the formation of the Gulf of Mexico. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 10 hours ago, JCR said: Interesting article. I was under the impression that a meteor impact was part of the formation of the Gulf of Mexico. Yup, I watched a documentary on it, it's the second largest known crater on earth, that article had it as the 3rd one on the list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater Here is the top few. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Okay, there it is. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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