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14thColony

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Tue Dec-06-11 09:02 AM
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4. Over at 4 o'clock there's a massive impact relic

That circular structure on the coast of Wilkes Land (nearly a full circle of yellow) is classed as a "probable impact crater" about 300 miles across, made by an object estimated at 35 miles across. By comparison the Chicxulub impactor that hit the Yucatan is estimated at only 6 miles across.

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