One thing that make the crators big is Sir isac Newtons law of action reaction. There is also the rebound effect, which is when a meteor hits the ground and bounces back up. Vibrations don't have that much of an effect with it.
When a meteor hits the Earth it forms a crater.
a CRATER
The meteor crater in Arizona was created around 50,000 years ago when a meteorite struck the Earth's surface, forming the crater we see today.
A meteor crater was made. It was a hole about a mile across and 600 feet deep.
the barringer crater is located in Arizona
There is the famous crater in Arizona, known as Meteor Crater or Barringer Crater. It is not actually meteors that cause craters. Meteors are destroyed in the Earth's atmosphere. If they survive the Earth's atmosphere and then land on Earth, they are known as meteorites. So it is meteorites that actually cause craters.
When a meteor hits Earth, it forms a crater, or hole in the ground , made by a space object.
The Meteor Crater, also known as Barringer Crater, is located near Winslow, Arizona in the United States. It was formed by the impact of a meteorite approximately 50,000 years ago. It is one of the best-preserved impact craters on Earth and is a popular tourist attraction.
In Arizona you can still see the crater left my a meteor which hit the Earth thousands of years ago.
crater
A depression in the earth's surface caused by a volcano or meteor impact or other explosion is known as a crater. Craters can vary in size and depth depending on the force and size of the impact.
1990 it created a very big crater