[meteorite-list] Meteor Crater Impactor?

2010-09-10 Thread Meteorites USA
Hi List, Can someone tell me the proposed/accepted angle of descent of the asteroid which formed Meteor Crater in AZ? Wikipedia has the impactor at 50 meters across, and velocity at 12.8 km/s. Is this accurate? Eric __ Visit the Archives at

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2010-09-10 Thread Sterling K. Webb
- - Original Message - From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com To: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:44 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Crater Impactor? Hi List, Can someone tell me the proposed/accepted

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2010-09-10 Thread Meteorites USA
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:44 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Crater Impactor? Hi List, Can someone tell me the proposed/accepted angle of descent of the asteroid which formed Meteor Crater in AZ? Wikipedia has the impactor at 50 meters across, and velocity

[meteorite-list] Meteor Crater Impactor?

2010-09-10 Thread bernd . pauli
Eric wondered: Can someone tell me the proposed/accepted angle of descent of the asteroid which formed Meteor Crater in AZ? The trajectory of the impacting body was interpreted by Shoemaker as traveling north-northwest at a relatively low impact angle. and furthermore: Wikipedia has the

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor Crater Impactor?

2010-09-10 Thread Meteorites USA
Hi Bernd, Thanks! What would a relatively low impact angle be? 10 degrees, 20 degrees? See my post just before this one. Eric On 9/10/2010 2:51 AM, bernd.pa...@paulinet.de wrote: Eric wondered: Can someone tell me the proposed/accepted angle of descent of the asteroid which formed Meteor

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2010-09-10 Thread John Hendry
- - Original Message - From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com To: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:44 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Crater Impactor? Hi List, Can someone tell me the proposed/accepted

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2010-09-10 Thread Yinan Wang
- - Original Message - From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com To: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:44 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Crater Impactor? Hi List, Can someone tell me the proposed/accepted angle

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2010-09-10 Thread Meteorites USA
- From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com To: Meteorite-listmeteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:44 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Crater Impactor? Hi List, Can someone tell me the proposed/accepted angle of descent of the asteroid which

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2010-09-10 Thread Yinan Wang
10:44 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Crater Impactor? Hi List, Can someone tell me the proposed/accepted angle of descent of the asteroid which formed Meteor Crater in AZ? Wikipedia has the impactor at 50 meters across, and velocity at 12.8 km/s. Is this accurate? Eric

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2010-09-10 Thread Kashuba
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