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May Issue of S & T - Part 1 of 3
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- From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli@lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
- Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 15:14:28 +0200
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Hi folks,
Here is some interesting stuff from the latest S & T issue:
Sky & Telescope - May 1999, p.14: 50 & 25 Years Ago
May 1949
On June 21,1947, when flying over the Desert Basin south of Hall's Creek
[Australia] ... Frank Reeves, geologist, and N.B. Sauve, geophysicist,
... were intrigued to see below them a perfectly shaped crater ... "The
crater was not marked on the map as such, but there is a mark for a hill
more or less in the exact location of the crater ... The Commonwealth
Bureau of Mineral Resources recognizes the resemblance of the Wolf Creek
crater to the Arizona crater and considers that it was probably caused
by a meteor[oid]. "
When this report was written, only two brief visits had been made to the
crater and no meteorites had been found. Subsequently, weathered pieces
of iron were discovered, some weighing more than 150 kilograms,
confirming the crater's celestial origin. Wolf Creek crater measures 853
meters across, and its floor lies 46 meters below the surrounding plain.
Best regards,
Bernd
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