METEOR CRATER                                                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Hello human! I will tell you about meteor craters. A meteor crater is formed when a meteorite gets through the atmosphere. It forms a bowl shaped rim. When the meteorite hits it makes waves and is fused with rocks. Then it's settled and is called a debris. Daniel Barringer (1860-1929) was one of the first to identify an meteor crater. It was the famous crater in Arizona. Barringer's hypothesis was that a large iron meteor caused the impact. His hypothesis was proven true when a guy named Eugene examined the rocks and found out that is was true. The picture at the bottom is a picture of Barringer. 

Text Box:          One the right side is a picture of the famous crater in Arizona. 50000 years ago a giant meteor impacted the earth with 20 tons of force!!! It left the huge crater. What's amazing is that the crater is still preserved.                     One                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Text Box: This is a picture of a crater on one of Saturn's moons Mimas. It's a huge crater which looks like the Death Star in Star Wars! It was caused when a enormous meteor hit Mimas. There was huge shock and there are fractures of Mimas.                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Text Box: This is a map of the South pole- Aitken basin. It is an impact crater on the Earth's moon. It is actually the largest crater in the Solar System! The name comes from the two features on the opposing sides ;the crater on the northern end and the southern lunar pole at the other end. it was discovered on 1962 by a probe.

 

   

    Those were some examples of meteor craters. Sometimes meteor craters happen on other planets besides the earth because there is a disturbance in space. It is also believed that meteors killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Today meteor craters are a popular tourist attraction. They are not protected as a national monument, but they are truly fantastic. You should go see one if you ever have time!