Previously, the Vredefort Dome had been the only dated impact structure. The 2 billion-year-old crater can be found in South Africa and is also the world’s biggest at over 155miles across.

2011 35COM 7B.5 - Vredefort Dome (South Africa) (N 1162) 2009 33COM 7B.5 - Vredefort Dome (South Africa) (N 1162 2008 32COM 7B.2 - Vredefort Dome (South Africa) (N1162) The Nomination files produced ...

The impactor formed Vredefort crater, what is today the biggest crater on our planet. Using updated simulation data, University of Rochester researchers discovered the impactor that formed ...

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