[meteorite-list] Apollo 13's Booster Impact: A Blast from the Past
From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:40:07 -0700 Message-ID: <4BAFB097.8090206_at_meteoritesusa.com> Sky & Telescope has an article on this today. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/89359412.html On 3/27/2010 12:08 PM, Meteorites USA wrote: > Saw this, though it was cool. But of course I have questions. ;) > http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20100322-apollo13booster.html > > > How fast was it going upon impact? Why is the crater only 30 meters in > diameter, while the booster was almost that long? Was the booster not > traveling fast enough to make a larger crater? What other factors were > in play to create the crater, material the booster was made of, size, > weight, speed, angle of descent, all of the above? > > Regards, > Eric Wichman > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Sun 28 Mar 2010 03:40:07 PM PDT |
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