Landsat image centered on the crater, showing the ray system. Image width approximately 9 km.A 60-gram fragment of the Gebel Kamil meteorite. The discoloration demonstrates the weathering of the iron due to its prolonged exposure to the elements.
The first geophysical study of the Kamil Crater was conducted during an Italian-Egyptian expedition undertaken in February 2010[3] as part of the 2009 Egyptian-Italian Science Year (EISY)[4] and proved the meteoritic origin of the crater. It is estimated to be less than 5,000 years old[5][6] and shows a well-preserved rayed structure.[2] The crater was produced by an iron meteorite that has been given an official name after the closest topographic feature in the area, Gebel Kamil,[7][4] and which fragmented into thousands of pieces upon impact with the sandstone bedrock. The meteor is estimated to have been 1.3 metres (4.3 ft) wide and to have weighed 5,000 to 10,000 kilograms (10,000 to 20,000 lb).[2] Meteor fragments totalling 800 kilograms (1,800 lb) were recovered during the geophysical expedition, the bulk of which are curated at the Egyptian Geological Museum in Cairo. Type specimens also are curated at the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide at the University of Siena, and at the Museo di Storia Naturale at the University of Pisa.
Kamil Crater is located at 22° 1'5.89"N latitude and 26° 5'15.69"E longitude.
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kamil, crater, wide, deep, original, depth, part, covered, sand, present, meteorite, impact, crater, east, uweinat, desert, southwestern, valley, governorate, egypt, only, north, border, with, sudan, above, level, located, 2008, using, google, earth, satellite. The Kamil Crater is a 44 8 m 147 ft wide and 15 8 m 52 ft deep original depth a part covered by sand at present meteorite impact crater in the East Uweinat Desert in southwestern New Valley Governorate Egypt 1 2 Only 0 6 km 0 4 mi north of the border with the Sudan and 600 m 2 000 ft above sea level It was located in 2008 using Google Earth satellite imagery by Vincenzo de Michele former curator of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milan in Milan Italy 3 It is one of the few craters with a well preserved Ray system formation Kamil CraterKamil CraterAsteroid impact in AfricaImpact crater structureConfidenceConfirmedDiameter44 8 m 147 ft Impactor diameterone point three m 4 ft 3 2 in Age5 KaLocationCoordinates22 01 06 N 26 05 16 E 22 01833 N 26 08778 E 22 01833 26 08778CountryEgyptKamilclass notpageimage Location of the Kamil Crater in Egypt Landsat image centered on the crater showing the ray system Image width approximately 9 km A 60 gram fragment of the Gebel Kamil meteorite The discoloration demonstrates the weathering of the iron due to its prolonged exposure to the elements Contents 1 Studies 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksStudies editThe first geophysical study of the Kamil Crater was conducted during an Italian Egyptian expedition undertaken in February 2010 3 as part of the 2009 Egyptian Italian Science Year EISY 4 and proved the meteoritic origin of the crater It is estimated to be less than 5 000 years old 5 6 and shows a well preserved rayed structure 2 The crater was produced by an iron meteorite that has been given an official name after the closest topographic feature in the area Gebel Kamil 7 4 and which fragmented into thousands of pieces upon impact with the sandstone bedrock The meteor is estimated to have been 1 3 metres 4 3 ft wide and to have weighed 5 000 to 10 000 kilograms 10 000 to 20 000 lb 2 Meteor fragments totalling 800 kilograms 1 800 lb were recovered during the geophysical expedition the bulk of which are curated at the Egyptian Geological Museum in Cairo Type specimens also are curated at the Museo Nazionale dell Antartide at the University of Siena and at the Museo di Storia Naturale at the University of Pisa Kamil Crater is located at 22 1 5 89 N latitude and 26 5 15 69 E longitude See also editGebel Kamil Meteorite 2008 TC3References edit Folco Luigi Di Martino Mario El Barkooky Ahmed D Orazio Massimo Lethy Ahmed Urbini Stefano Nicolosi Iacopo Hafez Mahfooz Cordier Carole Van Ginneken M Zeoli A Radwan A M El Khrepy S El Gabry M Gomaa M Barakat A A Serra R El Sharkawi M 2010 08 13 The Kamil Crater in Egypt Science 329 5993 804 Bibcode 2010Sci 329 804F doi 10 1126 science 1190990 PMID 20651117 S2CID 206527055 a b c Fazekas Andrew 2010 07 22 Fresh Crater Found in Egypt Changes Impact Risk Daily news National Geographic Society Archived from the original on July 25 2010 Retrieved 2010 08 12 a b Moskowitz Clara 2010 07 22 Pristine Impact Crater Discovered in Egypt Desert Space com Retrieved 2010 08 12 a b The Kamil Crater Museo Nazionale Antartide Archived from the original on 2010 10 17 Retrieved 2010 08 12 L Folco M Di Martino A El Barkooky M D Orazio A Lethy S Urbini I Nicolosi M Hafez C Cordier M van Ginneken A Zeoli A M Radwan S El Khrepy M El Gabry M Gomaa A A Barakat R Serra M El Sharkawi 2010 10 04 Kamil Crater Egypt Ground truth for small scale meteorite impacts on Earth Geology Retrieved 2011 01 24 Perkins Sid 2010 07 23 Meteorite impact crater found with Google Earth DiscoveryNews Science News Retrieved 2010 08 12 Gebel Kamil Meteoritical Bulletin Database Meteoritical Society 2010 07 12 Retrieved 2010 08 12 External links editKamil Crater at Museo Nazionale Antartide Photo set on Flickr KMZ File permanent dead link for Google Earth showing the crater position 22 01 06 N 26 05 16 E 22 01833 N 26 08778 E 22 01833 26 08778 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kamil Crater amp oldid 1186570989, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
