The Wilkes Land CraterBy Elias C

Basic Facts

The Crater is in Antarctica

The crater was discovered by one of NASA’s gravity radars

Its bigger and older then the huge and famous Chicxulub crater in Mexico; that’s the one that supposedly wiped out the dinosaurs!

It’s the largest impact crater ever recorded.

If a meteor like the one that made the Wilkes land crater crashed into earth, we would go extinct.

History

The impact crater was discovered in 2006 by NASA.

It crashed into Earth about 250 million years ago!

It’s the biggest impact creator discovered on Earth.

It would have caused massive damage to creatures.

Russia and Korea also helped NASA scientists discover the crater.

May have formed in conjunction with the 200 wide Bedout crater in Australia

May have helped In the greatest max-extinction ever, the Great Dying in the Permian period.

Geography

Found in Wilkes land, East Antarctica.

The crater is 500 (to be exact 483) kilometers wide

The crater was made by a 50 kilometer meteor

The crater was found deeply under the ice of the frozen Antarctica

Pictures of doom!

Bibliography of doom!

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Gorder, Pam F. "Big Bang In Antarctica -- Killer Crater Found Under Ice." Big Bang In Antarctica -- Killer Crater Found Under Ice. Ohio State Research News, n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. <http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/erth"Heavy Hitters: Earth’s Most Amazing Meteor Craters | WebEcoist." Heavy Hitters: Earth’s Most Amazing Meteor Craters | WebEcoist. WebEcoist, n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. <http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2010/01/12/heavy-hitters-earths-most-amazing-meteor-craters/>.boom.htm>.

Bibliography of doom part 2!!

"Heavy Hitters: Earth’s Most Amazing Meteor Craters | WebEcoist." Heavy Hitters: Earth’s Most Amazing Meteor Craters | WebEcoist. WebEcoist, n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. <http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2010/01/12/heavy-hitters-earths-most-amazing-meteor-craters/>.