Jabel Waqf as Suwwan crater explained

Jabel Waqf as Suwwan crater
Map:	Jordan
Age:	37–56 Ma
Country:	Jordan
Province:	Ma'an Governorate

The Jabal Waqf es Suwwan crater is an impact crater in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, near the Saudi border.^[1]

The crater has a diameter of . It is estimated at 37–56 million years old. It is exposed at the surface.^[2]

The crater was proposed in 2006 by geologists Elias Salameh and Hani N. Khoury from the University of Jordan, along with German professor Werner Schneider. The bolide is estimated by Prof. Salameh to have been 100m in diameter, and to have had an impact velocity of 40–50 km/s.^[3]

References

• Scientists discover region’s largest meteor crater, The Jordan Times, August 8, 2006
• At Google Earth Community
• Salameh Elias, Khoury Hani N., Schneider Werner (2006). Jebel Wagf as Suwwna, Jordan: a possible impact crater - a first approach . Z. Dtsch. Ges. Geowiss., Vol.157, No.3, P. 319-325 (Cited at http://omzg.sscc.ru/impact/ab460.html)

31.0472°N 36.805°W

Notes and References

1. T . Kenkmann . W. U. Reimold . M. Khirfan . E. Salameh . K. Konsul . T. Lehmann . H. N. Khoury . The Impact Crater Jebel Waqf As Suwwan in Jordan: Effects of Target Heterogeneity and Impact Obliquity on Central Uplift Formation . Lunar and Planetary Science Conference . 1592 . 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference . . 2009-03-23 . . 2009LPI....40.1592K .
2. Jebel Waqf as Suwwan. jebel-waqf-as-suwwan. 2009-08-19.
3. Jordan news agency, quoted at the Bad Astronomy forums