An Astronomy Enthusiast Discovers a 25-Kilometer Crater While Searching for Places to Camp on Google Maps
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NASA scientists found a newly formed crater on the Moon, larger than the Roman Colosseum
The crater was named McGetchin in honor of lunar scientist Tom McGetchin.
The discovery, confirmed after a geological expedition in Quebec, is the first known case in which the observation of an ordinary citizen ends up certifying a meteorite impact
He was looking for a camping site and found evidence of a cosmic catastrophe dating back hundreds of millions of years. Canadian astronomy enthusiast Joël Lapointe accidentally discovered an impact crater with an area similar to the size of Warsaw. Scientists are already calling it one of the most important discoveries of recent years.
A Canadian amateur astronomer was searching Google Maps for a camping spot and stumbled upon evidence of a cosmic catastrophe from 390 million years ago. The outline of a massive crater in a remote corner of Quebec can be seen in a NASA satellite image.
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