There is no normal diameter of a meteor crater. They all vary in size depending on the size of the meteorite. Many are between 10,000 and 30,000 meters in diameter but some can but much larger.
Meteor Crater in Arizona is a well-known example of a crater. It was formed around 50,000 years ago by the impact of a meteorite approximately 50 meters in diameter, leaving a crater about 1.2 kilometers wide and 170 meters deep.
The name of the great meteor crater in Arizona is simply called Meteor Crater. It is also known as Barringer Crater, named after Daniel Barringer who was one of the first to suggest it was formed by a meteor impact.
The astronauts explored the giant crater left by the meteor impact.
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A meteorite. Most scientists believe that a meteorite formed the Barringer Crater. There is a difference between a meteor and a a meteorite. A meteorite is a meteor that has hit the earth's surface.
Meteor Crater in Arizona is a well-known example of a crater. It was formed around 50,000 years ago by the impact of a meteorite approximately 50 meters in diameter, leaving a crater about 1.2 kilometers wide and 170 meters deep.
One of the most popular sights to see in Winslow, Arizona is the meteor crater. A meteor struck very near to Winslow and the crater still remains. The crater is over 500 feet deep and over 2 miles wide.
When a meteor hits the Earth it forms a crater.
It has been estimated that Meteor Crater was formed about 50,000 years ago.
The name of the great meteor crater in Arizona is simply called Meteor Crater. It is also known as Barringer Crater, named after Daniel Barringer who was one of the first to suggest it was formed by a meteor impact.
Arizona meteor crater is 0.737 miles or 1.186 kilometers in diameter.
A meteor crater was made. It was a hole about a mile across and 600 feet deep.
Meteor Crater in Arizona is approximately 1 mile in diameter, 2.4 miles in circumference, and about 550 feet deep. It was formed around 50,000 years ago by the impact of a meteorite traveling at a speed of about 26,000 miles per hour.
182 miles taking this route:Go across to I-17; follow signs to I-17 NORTH.Take I-17 NORTH to I-40 EAST to ALBUQUERQUE at EXIT 340A in FLAGSTAFF.Take I-40 EAST to METEOR CRATER RD to METEOR CRATER NATURAL LANDMARK at EXIT 233; TURN RIGHT off the exit ramp onto Meteor Crater Rd.Take Meteor Crater Rd to the Meteor Crater Natural Landmark.
"The Barringer Meteorite Crater (also known as "Meteor Crater") is a gigantic hole in the middle of the arid sandstone of the Arizona desert. A rim of smashed and jumbled boulders, some of them the size of small houses, rises 150 feet above the level of the surrounding plain. The crater itself is nearly a mile wide, and 570 feet deep."
No, Meteor Crater is not designated as a national park. It is a privately owned site in Arizona.
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