PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 6 months ago16 ton meteorite found in Oregon, USA, 1902media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down12
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minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months agoWouldn’t a meteorite this size do some crazy amount of damage that we could still see (i.e. a crater)? Or too small for that?
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoApparently researcher believe it landed on an ice cap and was transported by glaciers to where it came to rest. So unfortunately any crater melted away thousands of years ago 😅 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Meteorite
Wouldn’t a meteorite this size do some crazy amount of damage that we could still see (i.e. a crater)? Or too small for that?
Apparently researcher believe it landed on an ice cap and was transported by glaciers to where it came to rest. So unfortunately any crater melted away thousands of years ago 😅
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Meteorite