Maca is a meteorite crater in Yakutia .
| Macha | |
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| Type of | shock |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Yakutia |
The crater formed less than 7 thousand years ago (in the Holocene ), probably as a result of the fall of an iron meteorite . The diameter of the crater is about 300 m [1] .
Studies have shown that the metal particles from the crater Macha are similar in composition to cosmogenic particles from the region of the Tungussky event [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Macha . Earth Impact Database (Inaccessible link) . Planetary and Space Science Center . The appeal date is April 14, 2019. Archived September 13, 2012.
- ↑ Review of articles on the topic “Geology and Geophysics” (Inaccessible link) . A complete catalog of the impact structures of the Earth A. V. Mikheeva . The appeal date is April 14, 2019. Archived April 17, 2013. .