A meteorite crater on Earth formed on September 15, 2007: The Carancas hypervelocity impact

Tancredi, G.; Ishitsuka, J.; H. Schultz, P.; Scott Harris, R.; Brown, Peter; O. Revelle, D.; Antier, K.; Le Pichon, Alexis; Rosales, Domingo; Vidal, Erick; E. Varela, M.; Sánchez, L.; Benavente, S.; Bojorquez, J.; P. Cabezas, Denis; Dalmau, A.

doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb02006.x

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A meteorite crater on Earth formed on September 15, 2007: The Carancas hypervelocity impact

Published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science • Dec 1, 2009

Authors:

G. Tancredi

J. Ishitsuka

P. H. Schultz

Abstract

Abstract— On September 15, 2007, a bright fireball was observed and a big explosion was heard by many inhabitants near the southern shore of Lake Titicaca. In the community of Carancas (Peru), a 13.5 m crater and several fragments of a stony meteorite were found close to the site of the impact. The ...

Subject

Impact crater

Hypervelocity

Meteorite

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