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Encyclopedia > Gusev crater

Gusev Crater is a meteor crater in Russia. It is located near Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Oblast. A burst of meteors A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that enters the Earths (or another bodys) atmosphere, commonly called a shooting star or falling star. ... Tycho crater on Earths moon. ... Kamensk-Shakhtinsky or Kamensk-Shakhtinski (Russian: ) , is a town in Rostov Oblast, in southwestern Russia on the Donets River. ... Rostov Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in Southern Federal District. ...


It is 3 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 49.0 ± 0.2 million years old placing it in the Eocene. The crater is not exposed to the surface. It and the neighboring Kamensk form a double crater system. For the geometric term, see diameter. ... The Eocene epoch (56-34 Ma) is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Palaeogene period in the Cenozoic era. ... Kamensk is a meteor crater in Russia. ...


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Gusev Crater location on Mars (408 words)
Gusev crater is near the middle of this view of Mars.
Gusev Crater is an impact crater on Mars that looks as though a lake may have once filled it in the distant past.
Gusev Crater is about 145 km (90 miles) wide and covers an area roughly the size of the state of Connecticut.
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Gusev Crater is a crater on the planet Mars and is located at 175.4°E 14.6°S. The crater is about 170 kilometers in diameter and formed approximately three to four billion years ago.
The crater appears to be an old crater lake bed, filled with sediments up to 3000 feet thick.
It is hoped that the numerous smaller and more recent craters in this region will have exposed sedimentary material from early eras, although the region has so far proved disappointing in its lack of available bedrock for study.
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