Crater?
Disintegration implies transfer of kinetic energy.
Wonder how many pieces it exploded into?
I heard they found a 1 kg chunk
On Monday, February 25, 2013, David Jonsson wrote:
> Such a large impact means it had a high speed on impact and
> distintegrated.
>
> David
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 5:29 AM, David Roberson
> <dlrober...@aol.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'dlrober...@aol.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>> I visited it once and the story is that the meteorite came in at a steep
>> angle and is buried under one of the rims.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mixent <mix...@bigpond.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'mix...@bigpond.com');>>
>> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
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>> Sent: Sat, Feb 23, 2013 10:51 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Vo]:rather big fragment of the Chelyabinsk is discovered
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>>
>> In reply to Vorl Bek's message of Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:27:07 -0500:
>> Hi,
>> [snip]
>> >And I have always wondered about Meteor Crater in Arizona; I never
>> >understood why a little digging did not expose a big chunk of
>> >extraterrestrial rock at the centre of the crater; but there is
>> >nothing.
>>
>> Maybe it went deeper and molten rock covered it, so all you see now in the
>> bottom of the crater is the cooled and solidified crust that was molten at
>> the
>> time.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Robin van Spaandonk
>> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
>>
>>
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