Crater mystery of melted rocks.(Meteorites)(Brief Article)

From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: June 1, 2005 | Copyright information

The iron meteorite that blasted out Meteor Crater almost 50,000 years ago was traveling much slower than has been assumed, hypothesizes Gareth Collins of the Imperial College of London. The meteorite smashed into the Colorado Plateau in Arizona 40 miles east of where Flagstaff and 20 miles west of where Winslow have since been built, excavating a pit 570 feet deep and 4,100 feet across---enough room for 20 football fields.

Previous research supposed that the meteorite hi...

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