Astronomy UN2002: Introduction to Astrophysics II
Meteor, Comet, Asteroid Impacts
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Chelyabinsk meteor (Urals, February 15, 2013) ~20 m diameter meteor
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Tunguska event (Siberia, June 30, 1908) ~60 m meteor or small comet
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Barringer (Meteor) Crater (Arizona, 50,000 yr old) ~50 m diameter iron meterorite, 1300 m diameter crater
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Chicxulub Crater (Yucatan, 66 Myr old) 150 km diameter, >10 km asteroid or comet
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts Jupiter (July 16-22, 1994)
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