Impact: Earth!

Location of Impact

City Select a location London Los Angeles New York Berlin Paris Johannesburg Sydney or Crater Select a crater Acraman (Australia) Araguainha (Brazil) Barringer (USA) Chicxulub (Mexico) Chesapeake Bay (USA) Eltanin (Bellingshausen Sea) Popiagai (Russia) Ries (Germany) Siljan (Sweden) Sudbury (Canada) Vredefort (South Africa)

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Effects at distance only (no map)

Distance Distance units km miles

Impact Parameters

Projectile Parameters

Projectile Diameter Diameter units m km ft miles Diameter template Select a template Football (25 cm) Double-decker bus (5 m) Chelyabinsk (20 m) Nelson's column (52 m) Queen's Tower (87 m) Wembley Stadium (320 m) Ben Nevis (1.3 km) Jersey (10 km) Isle of Wight (20 km) -- Past events -- Itokawa (500 m) Apophis (325 m) Bennu (250 m) Tempel 1 (6.3 km) Wild 2 (4.2 km) Hartley 2 (1.5 km) Barringer (50 m; iron) Ries (1.5 km) Chicxulub (14 km)

Projectile Density (in kg/m³) or Density template Select from a list 1000 kg/m^3 for ice 1500 kg/m^3 for porous rock 3000 kg/m^3 for dense rock 8000 kg/m^3 for iron

Impact Parameters

Impact Velocity Velocity units km/s miles/s or Velocity template Select from a list Minimum impact velocity (11.2 km/s) Typical asteroid impact velocity (17 km/s) Typical comet impact velocity (51 km/s) Maximum Earth impact velocity (72 km/s)

This is the velocity of the projectile before it enters the atmosphere. The minimum impact velocity on Earth is 11 km/s. Typical impact velocities are 17 km/s for asteroids and 51 km/s for comets. The maximum Earth impact velocity for objects orbiting the sun is 72 km/s.

Impact Angle (in degrees) Angle template Select from a list 15 degrees (shallowest to form circular crater) 30 degrees 45 degrees (most frequent) 60 degrees 75 degrees 90 degrees (vertical)

The impact angle is measured from a plane tangent to the impact surface. This angle is 90 degrees for a vertical impact. The most probable angle of impact is 45 degrees.

Target Parameters