More Pictures of Meteors
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The Barringer Impact Crater in Arizona, USA. Note that it is 1.2km in diameter and has a maximum
depth of 183 metres. It was created by a meteorite of 40metres in diameter impacting at 11km/second.
Image Courtesy of US Geological Surver/D. Roddy
This shows an impact crater, 0.9mm wide, found on the WF/PC1 camera radiator on the Hubble
Space Telescope in 1994, when it was taken back to Earth.
Courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
A detailed shot of a meteor, taken during the Leonid meteor shower in mid-November.
Image Courtesy of NASA/ESA
Image Showing Meteors of the Leonid Meteor Shower, taken from Space.
Image Courtesy of NASA/Ames Research Center
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