Crashing to Earth, meteorites have left behind some huge craters, and it's the team's challenge to calculate just how big the meteor must have been that made Meteor Crater in Death Valley. They are also tasked with building a reflecting telescope so they can work out this size of one of the moon's many craters.
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First published on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 as Rough Science 4 Death Valley: Impact challenge. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 2006
First published on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 as Rough Science 4 Death Valley: Impact challenge. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 2006