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Pierre Thomas, geologist at the Lyon Geology Laboratory: Earth, Planets, Environment (LGL-TPE) and professor emeritus at the ENS of Lyon, came to talk to us about meteorite impacts and craters. A conference between geology and astronomy that looks back at the most famous meteorite falls and the different types of craters found on Earth or elsewhere... This conference was broadcast live on the Twitch channel of the Lyon Observatory (observatoirelyon) on June 5, 2020. Conference summary: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:57 Some historical meteorite falls 00:29:42 Questions from the audience 00:31:30 Simple craters 00:46:55 Questions from the audience 00:58:55 Complex craters and ring basins 01:25:06 The risks of future collisions 01:35:05 Conclusion 01:36:15 Questions from the audience The Lyon Observatory is an observatory of the sciences of the Universe (OSU) as well as an internal school of the UCBL which brings together the Research Center Lyon Astrophysics (CRAL) and the Lyon Geology Laboratory: Earth, Planets, Environment (LGL-TPE). More information here: https://observatoire.univ-lyon1.fr