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Marian Selorm Sapah

Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected

A giant crater sits in the ground.

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes the Earth at a very high velocity. This leaves an excavated circular hole on the Earth’s surface.

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