Previously Unknown 1 km Wide Impact Crater in China and Why It's So Exciting
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Analyzing New and Historic Impact Craters on Earth
Learn why newly discovered craters in China and globally reshape our understanding of asteroid impact frequency. Discover how these events influenced ancient human myths and history.
Short Summary
- Scientists confirmed China's Jinlin crater, the largest impact structure formed within the last 10,000 years.
- Due to rapid erosion, young craters provide vital, infrequent snapshots of Earth’s actual impact rate.
- Several recent impact events correlate strongly with documented indigenous oral traditions and cultural myths.
- These findings help scientists understand the frequency of hazards posed by smaller, hard-to-detect asteroid bodies.
The speaker details the significance of the recently confirmed Jinlin impact crater in China, noting its relatively recent age and substantial size. The discussion then expands globally to examine several other Holocene-era impact sites, assessing their geological evidence and exploring how these dramatic events were recorded in the myths of contemporary local populations. Understanding these frequent, smaller impacts is crucial for improving planetary defense strategy.
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Top Comments (10)
Seems like that impact crater is the perfect place to build a massive radio telescope.
There is another interesting recent meteorite impact crater that is located North East of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia called Boxhole crater. It is dated at 5,400 years bp + or - 1,500 years. I personally have not visited this crater as yet but have been to Woolfe Creek and Henbury meteorite craters. Thank you for the interesting post.
🙌 The Kaali crater mentioned! my childhood home was nearby. As a kid, when I saw a piece of the meteorite at the local museum I sometimes went to the crater lake hoping to find a piece of my own. But nothing. ☹
Hi Anton ❤. I live in Oregon. I always thought Crater Lake was an impact crater. Just now looked it up, caldera formed. 😂 Learning all the time.... Love you Anton, you wonderful person!❤❤❤
Hello wonderful person!
Cool, and ominous at the same time.
That's a lot of interesting information, Anton.
very cool - thanks Anton
Surprised there isn’t some lab that buys a google earth license, trains an ML alg to identify craters, and inspects the earth’s surface by covering the whole surface with satellite photos and different levels of zoom to mark possible craters. (Maybe I am wrong and it was done), but it seems like a project that a student RA can do in their free time.
People also tend to overlook the possibility of a collapsed Caldara
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Top Comments (10)
Seems like that impact crater is the perfect place to build a massive radio telescope.
There is another interesting recent meteorite impact crater that is located North East of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia called Boxhole crater. It is dated at 5,400 years bp + or - 1,500 years. I personally have not visited this crater as yet but have been to Woolfe Creek and Henbury meteorite craters. Thank you for the interesting post.
🙌 The Kaali crater mentioned! my childhood home was nearby. As a kid, when I saw a piece of the meteorite at the local museum I sometimes went to the crater lake hoping to find a piece of my own. But nothing. ☹
Hi Anton ❤. I live in Oregon. I always thought Crater Lake was an impact crater. Just now looked it up, caldera formed. 😂 Learning all the time.... Love you Anton, you wonderful person!❤❤❤
Hello wonderful person!
Cool, and ominous at the same time.
That's a lot of interesting information, Anton.
very cool - thanks Anton
Surprised there isn’t some lab that buys a google earth license, trains an ML alg to identify craters, and inspects the earth’s surface by covering the whole surface with satellite photos and different levels of zoom to mark possible craters. (Maybe I am wrong and it was done), but it seems like a project that a student RA can do in their free time.
People also tend to overlook the possibility of a collapsed Caldara