* Astronomy

Meteorite craters in Australia

As one of the oldest and least geologically disturbed continents, Australia has a rich record of meteorite craters. Of 176 confirmed impacts worldwide, our country bears the pockmarks of 30 - and about 20 others await confirmation. Indeed, as you read this, another 1275 potentially hazardous asteroids (meteorite is the name of an asteroid once it has fallen to Earth) are orbiting in space - and that's just the ones we know about.
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See also, Google earth file: Impact Structures V7.kmz (221kb, kmz)