Venus Mars Earths Moon S Pole Mercury Mistastan

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Venus Mars Earth’s Moon (S. Pole) Mercury

Venus Mars Earth’s Moon (S. Pole) Mercury

Mistastan Lake, New Foundland, Canada 28 Km 38, 000 years

Mistastan Lake, New Foundland, Canada 28 Km 38, 000 years

Barringer Meteor Crater, AZ 1. 18 km 49, 000 years

Barringer Meteor Crater, AZ 1. 18 km 49, 000 years

Wolf Creek, Australia 0. 875 Km 300, 000 years

Wolf Creek, Australia 0. 875 Km 300, 000 years

Bosumtwi, Nigeria 10. 5 Km 1. 3 Million years

Bosumtwi, Nigeria 10. 5 Km 1. 3 Million years

Roter, South Africa 2. 5 km 5 Million years

Roter, South Africa 2. 5 km 5 Million years

Karakul, Tadjikistan 45 Km < 10 Ma

Karakul, Tadjikistan 45 Km < 10 Ma

Chicxulub, Mex 170 Km 65 Ma

Chicxulub, Mex 170 Km 65 Ma

Deep Bay, Sask. 13 km Clearwater Lakes, Sask. 32 km/22 km 290 Million years

Deep Bay, Sask. 13 km Clearwater Lakes, Sask. 32 km/22 km 290 Million years 100 Million years

Gosses Bluss, Australia 22 km 142. 5 Million years

Gosses Bluss, Australia 22 km 142. 5 Million years

Aorounga, Chad 17 km 200 Million years

Aorounga, Chad 17 km 200 Million years

Manicougan Lake, Quebec 100 km 212 Million years

Manicougan Lake, Quebec 100 km 212 Million years

Radar Image of NEO 1999 JM 8 Missed Earth by 5 million km in

Radar Image of NEO 1999 JM 8 Missed Earth by 5 million km in 1990, 6 million km in 1999 Average diameter 3. 5 km

Tunguska Event, 1908, Russia 80 million trees knocked down over 2, 150 square kilometres

Tunguska Event, 1908, Russia 80 million trees knocked down over 2, 150 square kilometres (830 square miles

Tunguska Event 1908 Equivalent to a 100 MT Nuclear Bomb Blast

Tunguska Event 1908 Equivalent to a 100 MT Nuclear Bomb Blast

Question If cratering rate on Earth is same as our Moon, why are their

Question If cratering rate on Earth is same as our Moon, why are their so few craters preserved?

What is wrong here?

What is wrong here?

Apollo 14 site spherules (~ 0. 2 mm diameter) Argon 40/Argon 39 dates (accuracy

Apollo 14 site spherules (~ 0. 2 mm diameter) Argon 40/Argon 39 dates (accuracy ~ +/- 200 MY)

Apollo 14 site spherules (~ 200 micro-meters diameter) Argon 40/Argon 39 dates (accuracy ~

Apollo 14 site spherules (~ 200 micro-meters diameter) Argon 40/Argon 39 dates (accuracy ~ +/- 200 MY) => 26 Ma periodicity

1 BY averaging bins Black and opaque spherules only

1 BY averaging bins Black and opaque spherules only

Question: If cratering rate on Earth is same as our Moon, why are their

Question: If cratering rate on Earth is same as our Moon, why are their so few craters preserved? Answer: Erosion