It would be interesting to find out if the bolide impacted with "terminal" or "cosmic" velocity.
Chuck O'Dale http://www.ottawa.rasc.ca/articles/odale_chuck/earth_craters/index.html > http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070920-1507-peru-meteorite.html > > Experts now say a rare meteorite likely caused Peru crater > By Edison Lopez > ASSOCIATED PRESS > September 20, 2007 > <snip> > More details emerged when astrophysicist Jose Ishitsuka of Peru's > Geophysics Institute reached the site about 6 miles from Lake Titicaca. > He confirmed that a meteorite caused a crater 42 feet wide and 15 feet > deep, the institute's president, Ronald Woodman, told The Associated > Press on Thursday. > <snip> ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
