Meteor Crater | Barringer Space Museum | Winslow, AZ
WEBGet up close to the Meteor Crater, the best-preserved meteorite impact site on earth with Guided Tours, NASA Space Capsule, Gift Shop & More! Located just off the I-40 in Northern AZ.
Meteor Crater - Wikipedia
WEBMeteor Crater, or Barringer Crater, is an impact crater about 37 mi (60 km) east of Flagstaff and 18 mi (29 km) west of Winslow in the desert of northern Arizona, United States. The site had several earlier names, and fragments of the meteorite are officially called the Canyon Diablo Meteorite, after the adjacent Canyon Diablo.
The Barringer Crater - Meteor Crater | Barringer Space Museum
WEBSaturday 55 °F. The Barringer Crater. One of the Most Extraordinary Places on Earth! Share the. 50,000 years ago, an unbroken plain stretched in front of where you now stand. Suddenly, out of the northeastern sky, a pinpoint of light grew rapidly into a brilliant meteor.
General Admission - Meteor Crater | Barringer Space Museum
WEBFour Lookout Points feature spectacular views of Meteor Crater and the breathtaking desert landscape. Learn about the history and geology of the crater and how it was eventually proven to be a meteorite impact site through the work of Daniel M. Barringer.
Visit Arizona Meteor Crater — The Barringer Crater Company
WEBBarringer Meteor Crater is a meteorite impact crater about 37 mi (60 km) east of Flagstaff and 18 mi (29 km) west of Winslow in the desert of northern Arizona, United States.
The Crater — The Barringer Crater Company
WEBFifty thousand years ago, a giant fireball streaked across the North American sky. It struck earth in what is now northern Arizona USA, exploding with the force of 2.5 million tons of TNT. The story of The Barringer Meteorite Crater is a story about the collisions and impacts that have shaped the Earth and other planets in our solar system.
Meteor Crater - American Museum of Natural History
WEBThe story of Meteor Crater, also called Barringer Crater, began 50,000 years ago with an asteroid roughly twice as wide as this hall hurtling to Earth at about 50 times the speed of sound. The explosive force of its impact blasted out 175 million tons of limestone and sandstone, sprayed molten rock upward and tossed chunks of meteorite several ...
Barringer Crater | AMNH
WEBMeteor Crater, the best-preserved impact crater in the world, is located in the high desert of northern Arizona. The name Meteor Crater is slightly inaccurate because meteors, by definition, burn up before reaching the ground.
Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA - NASA Science
WEBJan 25, 2019 · Meteor Crater (also known as Barringer Crater) on Earth is only 50,000 years old. Even so, it’s unusually well preserved in the arid climate of the Colorado Plateau.
Meteor Crater | Arizona, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEBMeteor Crater, rimmed, bowl-shaped pit produced by the impact of a large meteorite in the rolling plain of the Canyon Diablo region, 19 miles (30 km) west of Winslow, Arizona, U.S. The crater is 4,000 feet (1,200 metres) in diameter and about 600 feet (180 metres) deep inside its rim, which rises.