[meteorite-list] Carancas crater
From: bobe5531 at comcast.net <bobe5531_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:02:28 +0000 Message-ID: <022820081802.13770.47C6F73400067774000035CA2200737478CECCCACA0A0D010D_at_comcast.net> Why would anyone consider the Carancas impact a " Pit " ? Never heard of impact pits on the moon. Heard of impact pits on SA's. The crater is " non - meteoritic " That doesnt make any sense. Are you suggesting that something other that the meteorite created the crater ? Please elaborate on that quote. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com> > I did not realize that the website you listed was the > definitive and final place which determines craters vs > pits. It seems that some of the top scientists in the > world think that it is a crater, perhaps you should > enlighten them. > Carancas is a crater, and I am not sure:), but I do > believe that the impact of a meteorite created it, > thus, I am still confused, but would that not tend to > suggest that it is meteoritic? Adam, I think > regardless of whether it is a common chondrite, the > simple fact that it exists forces science to > re-calculate its models for impact craters by > chondrites. So Carancas is extremely important. I > forsee papers written about Carancas for decades. > There will be no roof built, the crater is already > mostly destroyed (as I predicted that it would be, > thanks to those of us who went there, at least some > material was preserved). > Michael Farmer > > --- Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hi Mike and List Members, > > > > To me, Carancas produced an "impact pit" which is a > > form of crater. I will concede the point that it is > > also a crater by other definitions, just not > > meteoritic. The Sikhote Alin event also produced > > several impact pits that were described as such > > further constraining the meteoritic definition of an > > impact crater. > > > > Here is a great reference site that clearly defines > > crater sizes of 5-20 meters as "impact pits". > > Carancas only produced a 13 meter mud hole squarely > > defining it as a pit. > > > > http://www.somerikko.net/old/geo/imp/listinfo.htm > > > > Pretty soon, the Carancas impact pit it will be no > > more than a depression in the ground with urine, > > fecal > > matter and trash in it. Not to forget, a $90,000.00 > > roof will be added on top of a rotted out and the > > most > > common type of ordinary chondrite in existence at > > the > > bottom. > > > > All the best, > > > > Adam > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Thu 28 Feb 2008 01:02:28 PM PST |
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