{"id":49315,"date":"2010-11-20T01:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-20T01:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/2010\/11\/20\/physicists-find-meteorite-crater-on-mt-ararat\/"},"modified":"2010-11-20T01:22:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-20T01:22:00","slug":"physicists-find-meteorite-crater-on-mt-ararat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2010\/11\/20\/physicists-find-meteorite-crater-on-mt-ararat.html","title":{"rendered":"Physicists Find Meteorite Crater on Mt. Ararat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technology Review, an MIT publication, published a story on Nov. 18 titled \u201cUnrecorded Meteorite Crater Found on Mount Ararat?\u201d<\/p>\n

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The article reveals that two physicists, Vahe Gurzadyan from the Yerevan Physics Institute in Armenia and Sverre Aarseth from the University of Cambridge in the UK, somehow gained access to the northern and western slopes of Mount Ararat \u2014 areas that are off-limits to visitors \u2014and there discovered a \u201cwell-preserved\u201d crater \u201cat an altitude of 2,100 meters, at coordinates 39\u02da<\/span> 47\u2019 30\u201dN, 44\u02da<\/span> 14\u2019 40\u201dE, and\u2026some 70 meters across.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The physicists published their account on the online journal arXiv.org, titled \u201cA Meteorite Crater on Mt. Ararat?\u201d<\/p>\n

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They propose that the crater was formed due to either volcanic activity or as a result of a meteorite crash.<\/p>\n

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\u201cInterestingly, the crater wasn\u2019t their only discovery during their trip. Because the region is closed, it is virtually unexplored. Gurzadyan and Aarseth say they also stumbled across the remains of a 5th<\/sup> and 6th<\/sup>-century Armenian basilica that is unknown to experts,\u201d notes the Review, reports The Armenian Weekly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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