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How much are Arizona meteorites worth?
A piece of the rock that created one of Arizona’s best-known natural features sold for nearly a quarter-million dollars at a recent online auction. The 70-pound meteorite fetched $237,500 in the February 14 auction, hosted by Christie’s.
What did investigators find at Meteor Crater in Arizona?
Scientists have discovered why there isn’t much impact-melted rock at Meteor Crater in northern Arizona. About half of the original 300,000 ton, 130-foot-diameter (40-meter-diameter) space rock would have fractured into pieces before it hit the ground, Melosh said.
How much did the meteor that hit Arizona weigh?
BIG ROCK Traveling at speeds of over 26,000 mph, this 150 foot wide meteorite weighed 300,000 tons and formed the 550 foot deep, mile wide impact crater.
How powerful was the meteor that formed Meteor Crater in Arizona?
The Meteorite When it struck the earth in what is now northern Arizona, it exploded with the force of 2 ½ million tons of TNT, or about 150 times the force of the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
Where can I find meteorites in Arizona?
- Franconia Dense Collection Field. Arizona’s Mojave County has been the spotlight of meteorite news over the last few years, especially in an area near the town of Franconia.
- Yucca Collection Field.
- Buck Mountain.
- Willcox Playa.
- Red Dry Lake.
How big was the meteorite that hit Arizona?
Barringer Meteor Crater and Its Environmental Effects. Forty-nine thousand years ago, a large 30 to 50 meter diameter iron asteroid impacted the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona. The resulting massive explosion excavated 175 million tons of rock, forming a crater nearly a mile wide and 570 feet deep.
How big was the meteor that hit Russia?
“The asteroid was about 17 meters [56 feet] in diameter and weighed approximately 10,000 metric tons [11,000 tons],” Peter Brown, a physics professor at Western University in Ontario, Canada, said in a statement.
How big was the meteor that hit Arizona?
How fast was the meteor that hit Arizona?
26,000 mph
The mile-wide, 550-foot-deep gouge people see today was crafted in roughly 10 seconds when the meteorite, traveling at 26,000 mph, crash-landed in what was then a forest of juniper and piñon pines.