Astronomy Picture of the Day - Manicouagan Impact Crater from Space

NASA ^ | 25 May, 2024 | Image Credit: NASA, International Space Station Expedition 59

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: Orbiting 400 kilometers above Quebec, Canada, planet Earth, the International Space Station Expedition 59 crew captured this snapshot of the broad St. Lawrence River and curiously circular Lake Manicouagan on April 11. Right of center, the ring-shaped lake is a modern reservoir within the eroded remnant of an ancient 100 kilometer diameter impact crater. The ancient crater is very conspicuous from orbit, a visible reminder that Earth is vulnerable to rocks from space. Over 200 million years old, the Manicouagan crater was likely caused by the impact of a rocky body about 5 kilometers in diameter. Currently, there is no known asteroid with a significant probability of impacting Earth in the next century. Each month, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office releases an update featuring the most recent figures on near-Earth object close approaches, and other facts about comets and asteroids that could pose a potential impact hazard with Earth.

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[MtnClimber]

Pinging the APOD list

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[MtnClimber]

I hope it did not hit any of you.

[verum ago]

I hope it did not hit any of you.

Well, they say it's over 200 million years old, so it missed Cher by at least 350 years

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Astroblem...

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MtnClimber ~ I hope it did not hit any of you.

verum ago ~ Well, they say it's over 200 million years old, so it missed Cher by at least 350 years

How did biden and Mick Jagger survive?

[No name given]

Wow.

[Nateman]

Lots of nickel mined there. The remnants of the rock that landed

[MtnClimber]

it missed Cher by at least 350 years

But, it could have hit Nazi Pelosi.

[Vermont Lt]

Keith Richard’s said it was close, but skated by.

[Organic Panic]

“How did biden and Mick Jagger survive?”

Biden picked them up when he was driving semis for Georgia Pacific in Johannesburg.

[Doctor Congo]

Inside that circle I see two eyes and a big frown.

[scrabblehack]

As I recall that’s where former PM Brian Mulroney was from.

[Red Badger]

...there is no known asteroid.......................

That’s the problem...........