- Haviland Crater
The Haviland Crater, also called the Brenham Crater, is a
meteorite crater (astrobleme ) inKiowa County, Kansas [Nininger, Harvey Harlow; Figgins, Jesse Dade (1934) "The excavation of a meteorite crater near Haviland, Kansas", "American Journal of Science", v. 28n. 16, p. 312-313.] [Hodge, P. W. (1979) "The location of the site of the Haviland meteorite crater" "Meteoritics", v. 14n. 2, p. 233-234.] .The oval-shaped crater is 50 feet (roughly 15 meters) in
diameter , making it one of the smallest impact craters in the world. Its age is estimated to be less than 1000year s, placing it in theHolocene .Meteorite
Over 15,000 pounds (7,000
kilogram s) ofpallasite meteorites have been recovered from the Brenham fall [ [http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/10/16/meteorite.kansas.ap/index.html Unusual meteorite found in Kansas] - meteorite dug upOctober 16 ,2006 ] .References
External links
* [http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/ Earth Impact Database]
* [http://www.brenhammeteoritecompany.com/images.htm Brenham Meteorite Co.]
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