About 500 meteroites reach Earth every year. Many collision sites have been altered by weather over millions of years, and scientists are unsure whether some craters are actually the craters of extinct volcanoes. Those below are all agreed to be meteorite craters.
1 Verdefort, South Africa 300 km (186 miles) in diameter
2 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 250 km (155 miles) in diameter
3 Chicxulub, Yucatan, Mexico 170 km (106 miles) in diameter
4 Manicougan, Canada 100 km (62 miles) in diameter
5 Popigal, Russia 100 km (62 miles) in diameter
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