kids encyclopedia robot

Image: Meteorite fragment from the Cañon Diablo Meteorite

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Original image ‎(2,352 × 1,572 pixels, file size: 2.57 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: Meteorite fragment from the Cañon Diablo Meteorite, an iron-nickel meteorite about 50 meters (55 yards) across that formed Meteor Crater located approximately 43 miles (69 km) east of Flagstaff (near Winslow) in the northern Arizona desert of the United States. It is estimated that this object hit the earth about 50,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. 90mm
Title: Meteorite fragment from the Cañon Diablo Meteorite
Credit: The Cooper Collections" (uploaders private collection) Photographed by Centpacrr (Bruce C. Cooper)
Author: Centpacrr
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Attribution Required?: Yes

The following page links to this image:

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.