Craters Formed by Meteor Impacts
When a meteorHow long Sonic booms Of the several 10s of tons of cosmic material entering Earth's atmosphere each day, only about one ton reaches the surface. An object's chance of survival depends on its initial mass, speed and angle of entry, and friability (tendency to break up). Micrometeoroids radiate heat so Click on Term to Read More is of sufficient size, its impact will leave a craterBowl-like depression ("crater" means "cup" in Latin) on the surface of a planet, moon, or asteroid. Craters range in size from a few centimeters to over 1,000 km across, and are mostly caused by impact or by volcanic activity, though some are due to cryovolcanism. Click on Term to Read More and in rare cases, meteorites will be found in and/or around the crater. Here is a list of craters and their associated meteorites:
- Agoudal
- Barringer craterBest known and best preserved impact crater on Earth. The crater is named after Daniel Barringer and still owned by his family and also known as Meteor Crater, Coon Butte, and Canyon Diablo (www.barringercrater.com). Measuring 1.2 km across and 175 m deep, with a rim 45 m higher on average Click on Term to Read More (Canyon Diablo)
- Boxhole
- Campo del Cielo
- Carancas
- Dalgaranga
- Haviland
- Henbury
- Kallijarv
- Monturaqui
- Morasko
- Morokeweng
- Odessa
- Santa Fe
- Sikhote-Alin
- Veevers
- Wabar
- Whitecourt
- Wolf Creek
List is courtesy of Rob Keeton.
