Asia Impact Craters

Top 5 Largest Impact Craters In Asia

With over 190 confirmed impact craters having hit Earth, there are a plethora of interesting discoveries! A good example of this being that scientists can roughly determine the age of an impact based upon the…


Hydrus

Hydrus

Located in the Southern Sky, Hydrus is a small constellation created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. It first appeared on a 35-cm diameter celestial globe published in late 1597 in Amsterdam, and was…


asteroid redirection near earth asteroid impact crater craters

Top 5 Well Known Impact Crater Events

As of 2017, the Earth Impact Database or EID contains 190 confirmed craters. There have been no recent updates to the database in the past few years. In this article, we will delve into the most…


Africa Impact Crater

Top 5 Largest Impact Craters In Africa

With over 190 confirmed impact craters having hit Earth, there are a plethora of interesting discoveries! A good example of this being that scientists can roughly determine the age of an impact based upon the…




Octans

Octans

Located in the southern sky, Octans is a faint constellation. The name is Latin for the eighth part of a circle, but is named after the octant, a navigational instrument. Created by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752, Octans is…



Camelopardalis

Camelopardalis

Created by Petrus Plancius in 1613, the constellation camelopardalis is not one of Ptolemy’s 48 constellations in the Almagest. It first appeared in a globe designed by him and produced by Pieter van den Keere…