New Analysis Of Odessa Crater Impact Published
Paul bristolia at yahoo.comThu Aug 30 12:48:22 EDT 2007
Dear Friends,
A paper, which present a detailed analysis of the Odessa crater, Texas
has been published in the journal of “International Journal of Impact
Engineering”. The paper is:
Littlefield, D. L., P. T. Bauman, and A. Molineuxc, 2007, Analysis
of formation of the Odessa crater. International Journal of Impact
Engineering. vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 1953–1961.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V3K-4MS9RDR-1&_user=3787556&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000061383&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=3787556&md5=ea5c24c5520861f070d6d17e841771ac
In an hydrodynamics codes analysis, which integrated the geotechnical
(mechanical) properties of the target material along with details of the
topology of the crater, this study concluded:
1. The crater resulted from a near-grazing impact at very high obliquity,
likely greater than 60 degrees;
2. The depth-to-diameter ratio of the Odessa crater “is in a range
that can be reproduced only with a high-obliquity impact";
3. The meteorite likely came from either the southwest or northeast;
4. meteorite impact energy was more than 50 times larger than
originally estimated.
and 5. the meteor diameter was much larger than 2 meters.
Yours,
Paul H.
