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