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Originally Posted by Kard63
Where is the meteor ? Did it just land there for a day and go somewhere else?
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"When Europeans first discovered the crater, the plain around it was covered with chunks of meteoritic iron - over 30 tons of it, scattered over an area 8 to 10 miles in diameter.
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Scientists now believe that the crater was created approximately 50,000 years ago. The meteorite which made it was composed almost entirely of nickel-iron, suggesting that it may have originated in the interior of a small planet. It was 150 feet across, weighed roughly 300,000 tons, and was traveling at a speed of 40,000 miles per hour. The force generated by its impact was equal to the explosion of 20 million tons of TNT."
http://www.barringercrater.com/lite/...ite/crater.htm
In other words... Meteorite go 'Boom.'