Jabel Waqf as Suwwan crater
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The Jabal Waqf es Suwwan crater is an impact crater in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, near the Saudi border.[1]
The crater has a diameter of Script error: No such module "convert".. It is estimated at 37–56 million years old. It is exposed at the surface.[2]
The crater was proposed in 2006 by geologists Elias Salameh and Hani N. Khoury from the University of Jordan, along with German professor Werner Schneider. The bolide is estimated by Prof. Salameh to have been 100m in diameter, and to have had an impact velocity of 40–50 km/s.[3]
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- ↑ Jordan news agency, quoted at the Bad Astronomy forums
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- Scientists discover region’s largest meteor crater, The Jordan Times, August 8, 2006
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- Salameh Elias, Khoury Hani N., Schneider Werner (2006). Jebel Wagf as Suwwna, Jordan: a possible impact crater - a first approach . Z. Dtsch. Ges. Geowiss., Vol.157, No.3, P. 319-325 (Cited at http://omzg.sscc.ru/impact/ab460.htmlScript error: No such module "Unsubst".)
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