[meteorite-list] Experts Now Say a Rare Meteorte Likely Caused Peru Crater

[Charles O'Dale]

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
> 
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> 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.
> 
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