Kebira Impact Crater in Egypt

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

I also like this view of the structure from above and outside the
central plain -
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/conten...311/5765/1223c
- which seems to shout "impact structure." - Canopus56

"Michael Wood" wrote in message
...
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.

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:57:35 +0100, "Jeroen Smaal"
wrote:

"Michael Wood" wrote in message
.. .
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.


Apparently no age determined as the discovery is too new. A quote
from Scenta web site news reads:

"Dr El-Baz and his team hope that field investigations and samples of
the host rock will help in determining the exact age of the crater and
its surroundings. Kebira's shape is reminiscent of the many
double-ringed craters on the Moon, which Dr El-Baz remembers from his
years of work with the Apollo program. "