[meteorite-list] Crater Maker Revisited

[bernd.pauli at paulinet.de]

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