How do you determine crater size?

Crater size is proportional to the mass of the impactor, and the velocity of impact. Given that the kinetic energy of the impact is related to mass and velocity, we can see that the experimental results support the theory that crater diameter is related to the kinetic energy of the impact.

How do you calculate impact crater?

Crater depth can be calculated from the shadow length as before.
Upload the image into HiView and use the measuring tool to.
count the pixels.
Use the shadow formula.
d= tan(90-θ) X L.
d = tan(90 – 72) x (1899 x 25) cm.
d = 15425 cm = 154 m.

How much bigger is the crater than the meteor?

The faster the incoming impactor, the larger the crater. Typically, materials from space hit Earth at about 20 kilometers (slightly more than 12 miles) per second. Such a high-speed impact produces a crater that is approximately 20 times larger in diameter than the impacting object.

What is the relationship between crater size and meteor size?

The depth and diameter of the crater depends on the mass and velocity of the meteorite. A faster traveling or more massive meteorite will have more kinetic energy, so it will leave a larger crater [3-8].

How wide is the Barringer Crater?

1,300-meter
Barringer Crater, also known as “Meteor Crater,” is a 1,300-meter (0.8 mile) diameter, 174-meter (570-feet) deep hole in the flat-lying desert sandstones 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) west of Winslow, Arizona.

How large is an impact crater compared to the impactor?

How large is an impact crater compared to the size of the impactor? 10 times larger.

How does mass affect the size of a crater?

When dropped from a given height, the greater the mass, the larger the crater. When dropped from a given height, the greater the volume, the larger the crater.

How big can a crater be?

Simple and complex craters can range in diameter. Some are a few dozen metres. Some are about 300 km! Impact basins are craters that are bigger than 300 km in diameter.

How does the size of an object affect the size of an impact crater?

The greater an object’s velocity, the larger its impact crater. When dropped from a given height, the greater the mass, the larger the crater. When dropped from a given height, the greater the volume, the larger the crater.

How wide is Meteor Crater Arizona?

0.75 miles
Meteor Crater measures 0.75 miles (1.2 kilometers) across and about 600 feet (180 meters) deep. The size of the asteroid that produced the impact is uncertain—likely in the range of 100 to 170 feet (30 to 50 meters) across—but it had to be large enough to excavate 175 million metric tons of rock.

How to calculate the impact crater of an asteroid?

Asteroid Impact Crater Calculator. This JavaScript program (by Stephen R. Schmitt) calculates the effects of the impact of an object hitting the earth. It was adapted from a BASIC program from the Astronomical Computing column of Sky & Telescope, November 1996.

Is there a free program to calculate crater size?

The HTML file was archived on 3:28:10 Jan 11, 2016 and retrieved from the Internet archive on 22:27:34 Feb 4, 2016. The program is free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

How big would an asteroid have to be to hit Earth?

Yesterday, a 60-foot asteroid flew by Earth and missed us, but there’s always a risk that one will eventually hit. So how bad would it be? There are several fun (and scary) calculators that let you figure out just what damage a certain size asteroid might do to a certain location.