Ilyinets crater

{{Short description|Impact crater in Ukraine}}

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| photo = Ukraine 1998 Ilyinets Crater Meteorite Stamp.jpg

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| photo_caption = Ukrainian stamp: "Star wounds" of the Earth. 400 million years Ilyinets astrobleme

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| diameter = {{convert|8.5|km}}

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| age = 378 ± 5 Ma

| exposed = No

| drilled = Yes

| bolide = Iron?

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Ilyinets is an impact crater in Ukraine (Vinnytsia Oblast).{{cite Earth Impact DB | name = Ilyinets| accessdate = 2009-08-15}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=35227|title=Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Ilyinets|website=www.lpi.usra.edu}}{{cite journal|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1984LPI....15..335G|title=1984LPI....15..335G Page 335|journal=Lunar and Planetary Science Conference|bibcode=1984LPI....15..335G |last1=Gurov |first1=E. P. |last2=Gurova |first2=E. P. |date=1984 |page=335 }}

It is {{convert|8.5|km}} in diameter and the age is estimated to be 378 ± 5 million years (Upper Devonian). The crater is not exposed at the surface.

The Ilyinets crater is located at the boundary of Rosynsko-Tikychki, Dnistersko-Buzki megastructures of the Ukrainian Shield.[https://www.dnu.dp.ua/docs/visnik/fgg/program_600c4147e5afc.pdf Іллінецький метеоритний кратер – виняткова геологічна споруда Європи та перспективний об’єкт міжнародного туризму] (p. 660)

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