Where is the Biggest Asteroid Crater on Earth?

While the answer seems to be simple and easy, it's really very complex and not easy. Short answer is Vredefort Dome is the largest crater of the asteroid observations of the world. However, the Wilkes Land crater may be larger, but has not been verified yet.

Vredefort Dome is about 186 miles (300 km) in diameter and 3 miles (5 km) deep and about 2 million years. It's Free State province of South Africa today, due to erosion, most of the tires are no longer in place. However, there is a ring of vision can see from space is about 24-56 miles (40-90 km) in diameter.

Stone layers of about 12.5 miles (20 km) below the surface of the Earth. There is also a dome in the center of the crater of the asteroid is. In fact, the researchers first thought the dome was created by the release of a volcano. In 1990, the survey found that it was caused by a collision with an asteroid. Vredefort Dome meteorite is one of the few places where there are several rounds that the impact of this asteroid. However, many rings were destroyed by erosion and earthquakes.

If you can see, Wilkes Land crater asteroid will be larger than the Vredefort Dome meteorite. Should be 300 miles (500 km) in diameter and is located in Wilkes Land, Antarctica. However, it is more than a mile (1.6 km) in the ice, so that samples are not available for testing at this time.

Researchers, Ralph von Frese and Laramie Potts, saw signs of a crater on the asteroid is present. These signs include the existence of a large demonstration block from the center ring. Mass concentration was found when the Grace of NASA satellites were used to compare differences in density of gravity measurements. Next, the ring was found by using the topography of the radar.

The researchers also believe that the meteorite crater in Wilkes Land, even if it is not 500 million years. Some are studying the impact of the asteroid belt and creating crater caused the separation of Australia from the Gondwana supercontinent, which weakened the crust in the region. Researchers are looking for reasons behind the weight and within the crater site proposed Wilkes Land asteroids. These explanations include the volcanic activity on a larger scale.

Until samples are analyzed to see if it is a crater from an asteroid, scientists still wonder. NASA funded the initial findings of Wilkes Land. Meanwhile, the Vredefort Dome was still supreme.