More fun resources for lockdown... meteor impacts

[Helen]

So it's the Lyrids (and it's raining!).

Here are some great resources for looking at impact from meteors or comets.  The simulator is great fun 😎

When we do it with kids they always want to make the biggest hole (usually located on their school), but we challenge them to make the smallest hole, and the shallowest, or a particular depth of width...

Have fun, and let me know how you get on 

http://simulator.down2earth.eu/planet.html?lang=en

https://education.down2earth.eu/

Helen

[LongJohn54]

I really hope something 15Km in diameter made of iron and traveling at 80Kms/s doesn't hit my house or Scotland's had it!

What did you say about kids (even old ones) 🤣🤣

[wimvb]

Another pastime (maybe as a follow up) is trying to locate impact craters on earth, using Google Earth.

[Helen]

12 hours ago, LongJohn54 said:

I really hope something 15Km in diameter made of iron and traveling at 80Kms/s doesn't hit my house or Scotland's had it!

What did you say about kids (even old ones) 🤣🤣

One kid found Trump Towers in the US 😆

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Unfortunately the map isn't loading for me, anyone else getting this javascript error please?

"Google Maps JavaScript API error: ExpiredKeyMapError"

I've tried Chrome and Firefox.

 

[Helen]

5 hours ago, Knight of Clear Skies said:

Unfortunately the map isn't loading for me, anyone else getting this javascript error please?

"Google Maps JavaScript API error: ExpiredKeyMapError"

I've tried Chrome and Firefox.

 

Hmm thanks for the heads up - its not working on any browser I've now tried 🥺  I'll try to get feedback to the team.

Helen

[Helen]

OK - apparently google started charging lots of money for this use, so its on hold while its being sorted out...

Helen

[Knight of Clear Skies]

47 minutes ago, Helen said:

OK - apparently google started charging lots of money for this use, so its on hold while its being sorted out...

That's a shame, thanks for letting us know.