How old is the Gosses Bluff?

about 142 million years ago
Gosses Bluff was probably formed by the impact of a large comet or meteorite about 142 million years ago. Traveling at a rate of about 40 kilometers per second, the object slammed into the surface of the Earth, leaving a crater that was about 22 kilometers in diameter.

When was Gosses Bluff formed?

approximately 142.5 ± 0.8 million years ago
The original crater is thought to have been formed by the impact of an asteroid or comet approximately 142.5 ± 0.8 million years ago, in the earliest Cretaceous, very close to the Jurassic – Cretaceous boundary.

What is the diameter of Gosses Bluff crater?

24 kilometers
142 million years ago, an asteroid or comet slammed into what is now the Missionary Plains in Australia’s Northern Territory, forming a crater 24 kilometers in diameter and 5 kilometers deep.

How did the Gosses Bluff crater get there?

Gosses Bluff from the north, approximately 30 km (19 mi) away. The original crater is thought to have been formed by the impact of an asteroid or comet approximately 142.5 ± 0.8 million years ago, in the earliest Cretaceous, very close to the Jurassic – Cretaceous boundary.

Where was the meteorite that formed Gosses Bluff?

Located about 205 kilometers west of Alice Springs, in Northern Territory, Australia, the crater has been largely preserved in the dry, lightly vegetated region. Gosses Bluff was probably formed by the impact of a large comet or meteorite about 142 million years ago.

Where is Gosses Bluff in the Northern Territory?

Gosses Bluff is located in the southern Northern Territory near the centre of Australia about 275 kilometres west of Alice Springs to the northern east of Uluru. According to the Aboriginal beliefs the Gosses bluff also known as the Tnorala was formed during the creation time when a group of women danced across the sky as the Milky way.

How did Gosses Bluff get its perspective view?

This perspective view was created by draping a false-color composite image over a digital elevation model. These data were acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (ASTER) instrument aboard the Terra satellite on October 11, 2003.