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crater sizes

One can get smaller craters on earth (and Mars also) if the impactor breaks up in the atmosphere. Hence the Henbury craters were there are ~13 between 6 and 180 m across. Secondary impacts can also create smaller craters.

The composition of the impacting body is also important. Iron meteorites should survive entry better than carbonaceous chondrites and also retain a greater velocity because of their higher ballistic coefficient. All the smaller Australian craters - Dalgaranga (24 m), Veevers (70 m), Boxhole (170 m) and the Henbury group are formed by iron meteorites.

How do you determine the condensed atmospheric thickness?

Jon

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