2016International Journal of AstronomyOpen access

How the Size of a Meteorite and Asteroid on the Moon and Planets is Related to the Size of the Crater

Ari A. Mohammed, Hameed T. Abdulla, Alan S. Said Ahmad

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Abstract

Craters occur when an objects like Asteroids, Comets and Meteorites hits onto the surfaces of Moon and Planets and their impact has became a major geological process. The objective of the project is to investigate how the size of a Meteorite and Asteroid on the Moon and Planets is related to the size of impact crater. We started with a two round stone of different mass and size covered slightly with a layer of a viscous mud fluid as a fragmentation were dropped at variable height onto the flour. However, we have used a layer of sprinkles as a mineral diversity of the surface impacted. We have measured the diameter, depth and the Ejecta distance of the crater each time, there were three trails for each stone drop height. The results shows that, the crater diameter and the crater depth increased as the height and mass of the ball drop increased in addition of increasing Ejecta distance.

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Craters occur when an objects like Asteroids, Comets and Meteorites hits onto the surfaces of Moon and Planets and their impact has became a major geological process. The objective of the project is to investigate how the size of a Meteorite and Asteroid on the Moon and Planets is related to the size of impact crater. We started with a two round stone of different mass and size covered slightly with a layer of a viscous mud fluid as a fragmentation were dropped at variable height onto the flour. However, we have used a layer of sprinkles as a mineral diversity of the surface impacted. We have measured the diameter, depth and the Ejecta distance of the crater each time, there were three trails for each stone drop height. The results shows that, the crater diameter and the crater depth increased as the height and mass of the ball drop increased in addition of increasing Ejecta distance.

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Craters occur when an objects like Asteroids, Comets and Meteorites hits onto the surfaces of Moon and Planets and their impact has became a major geological process. The objective of the project is to investigate how the size of a Meteorite and Asteroid on the Moon and Planets is related to the size of impact crater. We started with a two round stone of different mass and size covered slightly with a layer of a viscous mud fluid as a fragmentation were dropped at variable height onto the flour. However, we have used a layer of sprinkles as a mineral diversity of the surface impacted. We have measured the diameter, depth and the Ejecta distance of the crater each time, there were three trails for each stone drop height. The results shows that, the crater diameter and the crater depth increased as the height and mass of the ball drop increased in addition of increasing Ejecta distance.

Key concepts: Impact crater, Meteorite, Ejecta, Asteroid, Astrobiology, Geology, Planet, Astronomy

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