Speed of meteorite | 11.2 | km/s | Density of Meteorite | 8000 | kg/m**3 | |||||
72 | km/s | 3500 | kg/m**3 | |||||||
Wave speed | 6 | km/s | ||||||||
20 | km/s | |||||||||
15% of energy | 6% of diameter | |||||||||
Speed (m/s) | Radius (m) meteorite | Mass (kg) iron (d = 4000kg/m**3) | Energy J | Crater Diameter (m) | Volume of Rock (m**3) | Melt Thickness (m) | Melt Volume (m**3) | Density of target | 2500 | kg/m**3 |
10000 | 5 | 2093333 | 1.04667E+14 | 64 | 67,837 | 3.8 | 21,608 | Gravity of Planet | 9.8 | m/s**2 |
15000 | 5 | 2093333 | 2.355E+14 | 78 | 124,624 | 4.7 | 39,696 | |||
20000 | 5 | 2093333 | 4.18667E+14 | 90 | 191,871 | 5.4 | 61,116 | |||
25000 | 5 | 2093333 | 6.54167E+14 | 101 | 268,148 | 6.0 | 85,413 | |||
30000 | 5 | 2093333 | 9.42E+14 | 110 | 352,490 | 6.6 | 112,278 | |||
35000 | 5 | 2093333 | 1.28217E+15 | 119 | 444,188 | 7.2 | 141,486 | |||
40000 | 5 | 2093333 | 1.67467E+15 | 128 | 542,694 | 7.7 | 172,863 | |||
45000 | 5 | 2093333 | 2.1195E+15 | 135 | 647,566 | 8.1 | 206,268 | |||
50000 | 5 | 2093333 | 2.61667E+15 | 143 | 758,438 | 8.6 | 241,584 | |||
55000 | 5 | 2093333 | 3.16617E+15 | 150 | 875,002 | 9.0 | 278,713 | |||
60000 | 5 | 2093333 | 3.768E+15 | 156 | 996,993 | 9.4 | 317,570 | |||
65000 | 5 | 2093333 | 4.42217E+15 | 163 | 1,124,178 | 9.8 | 358,082 | |||
70000 | 5 | 2093333 | 5.12867E+15 | 169 | 1,256,354 | 10.1 | 400,184 | |||
75000 | 5 | 2093333 | 5.8875E+15 | 175 | 1,393,340 | 10.5 | 443,818 | |||
10000 | 20 | 133973333 | 6.69867E+15 | 180 | 1,534,971 | 10.8 | 488,931 | |||
15000 | 20 | 133973333 | 1.5072E+16 | 221 | 2,819,921 | 13.3 | 898,224 | |||
20000 | 20 | 133973333 | 2.67947E+16 | 255 | 4,341,553 | 15.3 | 1,382,906 | |||
25000 | 20 | 133973333 | 4.18667E+16 | 285 | 6,067,504 | 17.1 | 1,932,670 | |||
30000 | 20 | 133973333 | 6.0288E+16 | 312 | 7,975,942 | 18.7 | 2,540,561 | |||
35000 | 20 | 133973333 | 8.20587E+16 | 337 | 10,050,835 | 20.2 | 3,201,472 | |||
40000 | 20 | 133973333 | 1.07179E+17 | 361 | 12,279,766 | 21.6 | 3,911,449 | |||
45000 | 20 | 133973333 | 1.35648E+17 | 383 | 14,652,740 | 23.0 | 4,667,308 | |||
50000 | 20 | 133973333 | 1.67467E+17 | 403 | 17,161,494 | 24.2 | 5,466,416 | |||
55000 | 20 | 133973333 | 2.02635E+17 | 423 | 19,799,039 | 25.4 | 6,306,548 | |||
60000 | 20 | 133973333 | 2.41152E+17 | 442 | 22,559,370 | 26.5 | 7,185,791 | |||
65000 | 20 | 133973333 | 2.83019E+17 | 460 | 25,437,248 | 27.6 | 8,102,476 | |||
70000 | 20 | 133973333 | 3.28235E+17 | 477 | 28,428,055 | 28.6 | 9,055,131 | |||
75000 | 20 | 133973333 | 3.768E+17 | 494 | 31,527,678 | 29.6 | 10,042,448 | |||
shock wave | Stability Fields Estimated From Paper | |||||||||
Pressure of Shock (Pa) | P (bars) | K constant for Hugonot (Pa*M**2) | 60Gpa (Melt) (M) | 25Gpa (Shatter Cone) (M) | 7.5Gpa (Stitshovite) | 5Gpa (Diamond) | 3.5Gpa (Coesite) | 2Gpa (shatter C.) | dissipation (m) 1kb | |
2.5E+11 | 250,000 | 8.10E+15 | 49 | 66 | 98 | 112 | 126 | 152 | 1,861.35 | |
5.625E+11 | 562,500 | 3.35E+16 | 79 | 105 | 156 | 179 | 201 | 242 | 2,973.12 | |
1E+12 | 1,000,000 | 9.17E+16 | 110 | 147 | 218 | 249 | 281 | 337 | 4,144.92 | |
1.5625E+12 | 1,562,500 | 2.00E+17 | 142 | 190 | 282 | 323 | 363 | 437 | 5,363.49 | |
2.25E+12 | 2,250,000 | 3.79E+17 | 175 | 234 | 348 | 398 | 448 | 539 | 6,620.67 | |
3.0625E+12 | 3,062,500 | 6.50E+17 | 210 | 280 | 416 | 476 | 535 | 644 | 7,910.89 | |
4E+12 | 4,000,000 | 1.04E+18 | 245 | 327 | 486 | 555 | 625 | 751 | 9,230.10 | |
5.0625E+12 | 5,062,500 | 1.57E+18 | 280 | 374 | 557 | 636 | 716 | 861 | 10,575.17 | |
6.25E+12 | 6,250,000 | 2.26E+18 | 316 | 422 | 629 | 719 | 808 | 972 | 11,943.66 | |
7.5625E+12 | 7,562,500 | 3.16E+18 | 353 | 472 | 702 | 802 | 902 | 1,085 | 13,333.55 | |
9E+12 | 9,000,000 | 4.29E+18 | 391 | 522 | 776 | 887 | 998 | 1,200 | 14,743.20 | |
1.05625E+13 | 10,562,500 | 5.67E+18 | 429 | 572 | 851 | 973 | 1,094 | 1,316 | 16,171.19 | |
1.225E+13 | 12,250,000 | 7.35E+18 | 467 | 623 | 927 | 1,060 | 1,192 | 1,434 | 17,616.32 | |
1.40625E+13 | 14,062,500 | 9.36E+18 | 506 | 675 | 1,004 | 1,148 | 1,291 | 1,553 | 19,077.56 |
Last Update: 12/9/96