Measuring Impact Craters on Earth Discipline: Education In this activity, Google Earth will be used to observe and measure someTags: earthimpact craters
Exploring Impact Craters with Google Earth Discipline: EducationBackground The planets in our Solar System are all in roughly circular orbits. Other objects in our Solar System, such as many asteroids and comets are in much more elongated orbits, which means they sometimes end up on collision courses with a planet. All planets in our Solar System are struck from time to time by meteoroids ranging in size from smallTags: earthimpact craterMars Moon
Earth Discipline: Education Earth is the third closest planet to the Sun with an average distance of 1.0 AU or 1.496 x 108 km.Tags: earth