Impact crater of a metal-rich asteroid – Barringer Crater in the USA

Impact crater of a metal-rich asteroid – Barringer Crater in the USA
The Barringer Crater in Arizona has a diameter of 1.2 kilometres. It was created about 50,000 years ago by the impact of a metallic asteroid with a diameter of 30 to 50 metres.
Credit:

Alan Fitzsimmons.

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