The minimum impact velocity on Earth is 11 km/s. Typical impact velocities are 17 km/s for asteroids and 51 km/s for comets. The maximum Earth impact velocity for objects orbiting the sun is 72 km/s. Impact Angle (in degrees) or. The impact angle is measured from a plane tangent to the impact surface. This angle is 90 degrees for a vertical impact. This map shows the locations and features of over 1500 volcanoes, 44,000 earthquakes, and 170 impact craters on Earth, as well as the movements of its major tectonic plates. The map is designed to show the most prominent features when viewed from a distance, and more detailed features upon closer inspection, and provides text, timelines, and references to enhance understanding of this dynamic planet. Burckle crater. / -30.865; 61.365. The Burckle crater is an undersea topographic feature about 29 kilometres (18 mi; 16 nmi) in diameter [1] in the southwestern Indian Ocean. A team of Earth scientists called the Holocene Impact Working Group proposes the feature to be an impact crater; these claims are disputed by other geologists. These impact craters have been produced on the Earth and Moon over their 4.5 to 4.6 billion year history. Studies of the impact cratering histories of the Earth-Moon system and observations of asteroids and comets in our solar system indicate that impact events continue to occur on both the Earth and Moon and that they occurred more frequently earlier in Earth's history. Aitken (crater) The South Pole–Aitken basin (SPA Basin, / ˈeɪtkɪn /) is an immense impact crater on the far side of the Moon. At roughly 2,500 km (1,600 mi) in diameter and between 6.2 and 8.2 km (3.9–5.1 mi) deep, it is one of the largest known impact craters in the Solar System. It is the largest, oldest, and deepest basin recognized Impact Craters. Impact Cratering Process; Impact Products; Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Activity; Economic Deposits and Impact Craters; Impact Earth Database; Impact Earth Collection; Glossary of Terms; The Threat; Fireballs. Why We Study Fireballs? Western Meteor Group’s Southern Ontario Meteor Network; Meteorites. Stony Meteorites; Stony When it comes to impact craters, Earth is the pauper of the solar system. Even with a recent, still-to-be-confirmed crater discovery under Greenland’s ice, there are fewer than 200 known impact Earth Impact Database world map.svg. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. File. File history. File usage on Commons. File usage on other wikis. Metadata. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 512 × 256 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 160 pixels | 640 × 320 pixels | 1,024 × 512 pixels | 1,280 × 640 pixels | 2,560 × The above image is an interactive map showing the locations of terrestrial impact craters. Each region can be enlarged and each cratering location is linked to a description of the crater. Click on a continent to enlarge or choose from the list below. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA EUROPE NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA HiRISE Views a Mars Impact Crater Surrounded by Water Ice: Boulder-size blocks of water ice can be seen around the rim of an impact crater on Mars, as viewed by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE camera) aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The crater was formed Dec. 24, 2021, by a meteoroid strike in the Amazonis PeOu.