Meteor Crater

     People today are really into the movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact in which the earth is hit by asteroids and other heavenly bodies.  This is the real thing.  Here again, I was amazed by the size of this deep crater.  Answer the questions below just to find out what caused this deep crater, and just how big it is.

Questions:

  1. How deep is the meteor crater?
  2. How far across is it?
  3. When was it created?
  4. What was the meteorite made of that created it?
  5.  For what purpose did NASA astronauts use the meteor crater?

Link to Meteor Crater website

 

Grand Canyon Painted Desert and Petrified Desert Sonoran Desert
Meteor Crater Sedona Tombstone

                                                                                                         

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