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| Craters on Earth | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 9 2010, 04:19 PM (479 Views) | |
| CJ | Dec 9 2010, 04:19 PM Post #1 |
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They aren't as numerous or immediately obvious as the craters on other rocky planets and satellites, but they do exist. Probably one of the most famous is the Meteor Crater (also known as the Barringer Crater) in Arizona, which is about 1.2km across:
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| Michelle | Dec 9 2010, 04:20 PM Post #2 |
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NIce. I believe it's the one that killed off the dinosaurs. |
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| CJ | Dec 12 2010, 02:41 PM Post #3 |
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I thought that one was in Mexico. |
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| Michelle | Dec 12 2010, 02:43 PM Post #4 |
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Oh maybe it is, I don't know. |
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| CJ | Dec 12 2010, 02:44 PM Post #5 |
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Yeah, I thought it hit the Yucatan Peninsula: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater |
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| Michelle | Dec 12 2010, 02:47 PM Post #6 |
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Sorry, got the two confused. |
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| CJ | Dec 13 2010, 05:00 PM Post #7 |
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Ah, right. Chicxulub Crater is about 180km wide, so it's one of the largest known craters on Earth, although it's not very easy to detect. Part of it's underwater, and the part on land has eroded and been grown over and everything, so it's not immediately obvious in the way that Barringer is. |
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| Michelle | Dec 13 2010, 05:01 PM Post #8 |
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I kinda figured it was hard to see. |
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| CJ | Dec 15 2010, 06:03 PM Post #9 |
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Well, it was a massive event, I don't think the meteor that made Barringer caused any mass extinctions !
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I would love to live in the center of that crator... how awesome would that be? |
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| Michelle | Dec 15 2010, 09:34 PM Post #11 |
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I always thought about that too
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| CJ | Apr 7 2013, 10:27 PM Post #12 |
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That might be fun for a couple of weeks, but then I'd probably get fed up of all the tourists .
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