Cloppenburg 100 km-diameter crater

Because of its extremely small depth a giant airburst touchdown impact is suggested.

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The perfect mirror overlay of the topographic profiles proves a peculiar circularity of the large structure.

The distinct transtension features of the peak ring support the impact formation and exclude the hitherto favored ice-age moraine origin.