Hi Sterling, I am little perplexed why you persist in comparing the Peru event to Meteor[ite] Crater, when the two events share very little in common other than an extraterrestrial origin. The energies involved are many orders of magnitude apart; without pulling out a hand calculator I would guess that Park Forest was a closer match to Carancas than Canyon Diablo.
For me, there is nothing about the dimensions of the impact pit (I refuse to call it a crater) that precludes a significant mass of meteoritic material buried within. Yes, this mass is likely in many pieces, but I don't see how the collective can avoid weighing less than a metric ton. You seem to believe that hitting the ground was somehow more stressful to this meteoroid than hitting the upper atmosphere. If so, that would be a first. Best wishes, Rob ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list