[meteorite-list] Discovery of a huge impact site in East Jordan

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Aug 7 14:06:25 2006
Message-ID: <i60fd2p95ad5484lnjsvb9e4uj3vje116i_at_4ax.com>

>Amman, Aug. 5 (Petra)--Professor Dr. Elias Salameh / University of Jordan has
>announced the discovery of a huge impact site in East Jordan near Jabal Waqf es
>Swwan. The discovery was made by Professor Dr. Elias Salameh, Professor Dr.
>Werner Schneider, and Professor Dr. Hani Khoury.
>The diameter of the outer ring of the impact site measures around 5.5 km ,
>whereas that the inner ring is 2.7 km, and the diameter of the crater is more
>than 100 m indicating an impactor diameter of about 100 m.

This seems to be the area mentioned in the article-- maybe someone can Google
Earth up the crater (but resolution isn't the greatest in that area)

http://www.earthsearch.net/intSearch/jabal-waqf-es-suwan-JO.php?showMap=-974884
Received on Mon 07 Aug 2006 02:07:13 PM PDT