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Rotmistrivka, also spelled Rotmistrovka, is a meteorite impact crater in Cherkasy, Ukraine. The Earth Impact Database and the Meteoritical Bulletin record a diameter of 2.7 kilometres and an estimated age of 120 ± 10 million years, placing its formation in the Early Cretaceous. The feature is part of the catalogued terrestrial impact record and is relevant to studies of how impacts are identified and dated. [Earth Impact Database](https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/interaction/lmdp/documents/EarthImpactDatabase_Part5A.pdf)
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Where is the Rotmistrivka crater?
Rotmistrivka, also spelled Rotmistrovka, is an impact crater in Cherkasy, Ukraine. It is a geological structure formed by a meteorite impact.
How large is the Rotmistrivka crater?
The Earth Impact Database and the Meteoritical Bulletin record a diameter of about 2.7 kilometres. It is much smaller than many large buried impact structures.
How old is the Rotmistrivka crater?
Its estimated age is 120 plus or minus 10 million years. That places its formation in the Early Cretaceous.
What does the name Rotmistrovka refer to?
Rotmistrovka is an alternative spelling of Rotmistrivka. Both names refer to the impact crater in Cherkasy, Ukraine.
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