Linguistics Of or being a root: a radical form. 6. Botany. a. Of, relating to, or arising from a root: radical hairs. b. Arising from the base of a stem or from a below-ground stem or rhizome: radical leaves.
The crater has been named the Barringer Crater in honor of Daniel Barringer, who was first to suggest that it was produced by meteorite impact. It is also referred to simply as Meteor Crater. The crater is located approximately 69 km east of Flagstaff, near Winslow in the northern Arizona desert of the United States.
Jose Millan, Nicaraguan Institute of Earth Studies. The crater near the city's airport has a radius of 12 meters (39 feet) and a depth of 5 meters (16 feet) but it is not yet clear if the meteorite disintegrated or was buried. Residents were awoken at around 11pm local time to a deafening blast, which many assumed was a bomb going off.