Malingen Crater

Malingen is a newly confirmed impact crater, located near the city of Östersund in northern Sweden.^[1] It has been suggested that it formed simultaneously with the nearby Lockne crater.^[2] Computer simulations suggest the asteroid pieces that created the Lockne and Malingen craters were some 600 meters and 250 meters in diameter, respectively.^[2]

Malingen is 1 km in diameter and its age is estimated, using chitinozoan microfossils found also in Lockne, to be 458 million years (Late Ordovician).

References

↑ "Malingen". Earth Impact Database. University of New Brunswick. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
1 2 Raul Rincon (2014). BBC News: "Ancient Earth hammered by double space impact", 18 March 2014: accessed 19 March 2014.

Coordinates: 62°55′N 14°33′E / 62.917°N 14.550°E / 62.917; 14.550

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