[meteorite-list] Apollo 13's Booster Impact: A Blast from the Past

[Meteorites USA]

Sky & Telescope has an article on this today.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/89359412.html



On 3/27/2010 12:08 PM, Meteorites USA wrote:
> Saw this, though it was cool. But of course I have questions. ;)
> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20100322-apollo13booster.html 
>
>
> How fast was it going upon impact? Why is the crater only 30 meters in 
> diameter, while the booster was almost that long? Was the booster not 
> traveling fast enough to make a larger crater? What other factors were 
> in play to create the crater, material the booster was made of, size, 
> weight, speed, angle of descent, all of the above?
>
> Regards,
> Eric Wichman
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