Rieskrater Museum
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| Established | 1990-05-06 |
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| Location | Eugene Shoemaker-Platz 1, 86720 Nördlingen, Germany |
| Coordinates | 48°51′14″N 10°29′13″E / 48.853943°N 10.486919°ECoordinates: 48°51′14″N 10°29′13″E / 48.853943°N 10.486919°E |
| Type | Geological museum |
| Director | Prof. Dr. Stefan Hölzl |
| Website | www |
The Rieskrater Museum, sometimes known in English as the Ries Crater Museum, focuses on meteors and their collisions with Earth. The museum is housed in a 16th-century barn in Nordlingen, Germany which was part of the medieval city's center. The area (Nördlinger Ries) is the location of a meteor's impact with Earth c. 15 million years ago and it might have been a double impact (Steinheim crater is nearby). It has been recognized as such since the early 1960s.
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.
Meteoritenfragment Neuschwanstein I - 1705 Gram
Nördlinger Ries, Steinheim crater, Danube, Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Munich
Nördlinger Ries and Steinheimer crater
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