4/7/2024 - Meteor Crater (Route 66)

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This use to be called the Barringer Crater which in turn was named after Daniel Barringer who suggested its meteoric origin when most scientists believed it to be an extinct volcano.  Later on the name changed to Meteor Crater.  This is U.S. National Natural Landmark.




Diameter: 0.737 miles
Depth: 560 feet
Rim rise: 148 feet
Meteor Diameter: 160 feet
Meteor type: iron meteorite
Mass: 300,000 tons
Impact speed: 28,600 mph
Impact energy: 10 megatons
Rubble layer thickness: 690 - 790 ft above the bedrock

There is a fee to get in.  There are exhibits and displays.  They have a film to watch. The Apollo craft is there to see. There is a tour you can of walking around the rim for a fee.
 


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