Here is the photograph of the Barringer Crater or the Meteor Crater (which I mentioned in an earlier post) found in Arizona. The picture was taken by the Landsat 4 Satellite. This crater is 1,300 meter in diameter, 570 feet deep. Don't you think it would be nice if I can go down the crater, and install my beginner telescope in the middle of it. Just me stargazing the clear heavens with my beginner telescope in total serenity.
Definitely awesome!
Some facts about the Barringer Crater:
1. The Barringer is the most famous of all craters existing in our planet.
2. The meteorite which impacted and created the crater about 50,000 years ago is a metal meteorite. The impact produced a gigantic explosion enough to kill immediately all living things within the radius of 5 kilometers.
3. Don't you think it should be called Barringer Meteorite Crater? Meteors who come to contact with the earth's surface are called meteorites.
4. The crater was actually bought by an engineer, Daniel Barringer, and his company Iron Standard Company in the 1900's, hence the name.
Happy viewing with your beginner telescope, whether you're in the middle of the Barringer Meteor Crater or not!
Source of Photograph: NASA
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