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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5374. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Meteors

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A terrestrial impact crater 55 km east of Flagstaff, in the Arizona desert, discovered in 1891. Its several alternative names include Barringer Crater, after Daniel M Barringer, who in the 1930s was the first to investigate it and the first to suggest its extraterrestrial origin. Meteor Crater has an average diameter of 1.2 km, the floor is 180 m below ground level and the rim is 30-45 m high. It...

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