Geologischer Lehrgarten / Geological Garden - Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany
N 48° 51.248 E 010° 29.224
32U E 609083 N 5412306
The rock display behind the Rieskrater Museum is open without admission to the museum. // Die Felsvorführung hinter dem Rieskrater Museum ist ohne Eintritt ins Museum geöffnet.
Waymark Code: WMYH7Z
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 06/16/2018
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The small walking circuit includes about a dozen different items of geologic interest.
The meteor that created the Ries Crater is estimated to have been 1.5 km in diameter. he impact created a round shaped crater 24 km in diameter. A smaller impactor, only about 150 m in diameter, hit the ground about 42 km kilometres to the south-west creating a 3.8 km crater. The smaller crater is called Steinheim.
The museum's collection includes a genuine moon rock from Apollo 16 on loan from NASA in return for using the Nordlingen crater for training for the Apollo 14 astronauts due to its similarities to a moon crater. The museum is affiliated with the nearby Geopark Ries (UNESCO - International Network of Geoparks), whose mission is to protect the crater. The museum opened in May 1990 and received its millionth visitor on 15 December 2012.
Type of Display: Geological
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