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Old March 11th 06, 09:57 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Kebira Impact Crater in Egypt

"Michael Wood" wrote in message
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Was tipped off to this discovery on one of the Yahoo groups. The
following URL has information on the newly discovered impact crater.


http://www.planetary.org/news/2006/0...le_Source.html

Found the crater on Google Earth, and the image resolution is very
good. Crater looks nice at altitude of 35 miles. If you'd like to
take a look, the coordinates are approximately:

24 deg 41 min 17 sec N

24 deg 57 min 58 sec E



Has the age of this newly discovered impact crater been determined yet? I
wonder if this impact structure is related to the relatively nearby "Arkenu"
impact sites (just across from the Tropic of Cancer, also very prominently
visible with Google Earth).

http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDataba...es/arkenu1.htm

Jeroen.