[meteorite-list] Crater Maker Revisited
From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 14:54:51 2005 Message-ID: <DIIE.0000004000003588_at_paulinet.de> Michael Blood wrote: > This question has far too many variables, such as speed > of meteorite upon contact, type of soil and composition > of meteorite (ie, stone or iron), angle of trajectory, etc. Hello Michael and List, The largest mass of the SA fall weighing 1,745 kg, a shield- shaped, oriented mass more than one meter across excavated a relatively small "impact pit" 3.5 meters in diameter and only 0.8 meters deep. The largest hole, 26 meters in diameter and 6 meters deep contained a lot of fragments ranging from .5 to 25 kg and totalling several hundred kilograms. Reference: BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Iron Meteorites, Vol. 3, p. 1125. Best wishes, Bernd Received on Mon 21 Mar 2005 02:54:48 PM PST |
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