English translation: Vredefort is a crater on Earth, located 120 km from the center city of Johann...
English translation:
Vredefort is a crater on Earth, located 120 km from the center city of Johannesburg, South Africa. The crater formed over 2 billion years ago after the fall of possibly one of the largest asteroids in contact with the Earth (more than 10 km in diameter). It is the second oldest known crater on Earth, after crater Suavjärvi, located in Russia. Crater diameter is 300 km, making it the largest on the planet (not counting the unexplored likely crater of Wilkes Land with a diameter of 500 km in Antarctica).
Vredefort is a crater on Earth, located 120 km from the center city of Johannesburg, South Africa. The crater formed over 2 billion years ago after the fall of possibly one of the largest asteroids in contact with the Earth (more than 10 km in diameter). It is the second oldest known crater on Earth, after crater Suavjärvi, located in Russia. Crater diameter is 300 km, making it the largest on the planet (not counting the unexplored likely crater of Wilkes Land with a diameter of 500 km in Antarctica).
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