Ragozinka crater
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Ragozinka is a meteorite
crater
in the Urals in Russia.
It is 9 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 46 ± 3 million years old (Eocene
). The crater is not exposed at the surface.
Meteorite
A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. Meteorites can be big or small. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids...
crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
in the Urals in Russia.
It is 9 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 46 ± 3 million years old (Eocene
Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from about 56 to 34 million years ago , is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Palaeocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the...
). The crater is not exposed at the surface.