Michael Blood wrote: > This question has far too many variables, such as speed > of meteorite upon contact, type of soil and composition > of meteorite (ie, stone or iron), angle of trajectory, etc.
Hello Michael and List, The largest mass of the SA fall weighing 1,745 kg, a shield- shaped, oriented mass more than one meter across excavated a relatively small "impact pit" 3.5 meters in diameter and only 0.8 meters deep. The largest hole, 26 meters in diameter and 6 meters deep contained a lot of fragments ranging from .5 to 25 kg and totalling several hundred kilograms. Reference: BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Iron Meteorites, Vol. 3, p. 1125. Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
