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Amateur Astronomer Discovers 390-Million-Year-Old Meteorite Crater in Quebec via Google Maps
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20.07.2026AI özeti

Amateur Astronomer Discovers 390-Million-Year-Old Meteorite Crater in Quebec via Google Maps

Amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe discovered a 390-million-year-old meteorite impact crater in a remote part of Quebec using Google Maps. Initially skeptical, scientists, including Gordon Osinski of Western University, confirmed the discovery through an expedition, finding shatter cones and impact melt rock. The crater, named Uhackatik in collaboration with the Ekuanitshit Innu council, is a significant find for Canadian earth science.

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