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Campo del Cielo refers to a group of iron meteorites and the area in Argentina where they were found. [1] The site straddles the provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero, located 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) north-northwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina and approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi) southwest of Asunción, Paraguay. The crater field ...
The Gancedo Meteorite is the largest known fragment of the meteor shower that fell in Campo del Cielo, in Charata, Chaco Province, Argentina. [1]According to early reports, the meteorite weighs approximately 30,800 kilograms (34.0 short tons), making it the largest meteorite found in the Americas and the third-largest in the world.
Name Location Diameter Age (years) Coordinates Araguainha: Brazil: 40 km 244.40 ± 3.25 million Campo del Cielo: Argentina: 0.05 km < 4000 Carancas
The exact worth of a meteorite varies depending on the specific type of meteorite in question. An 82-pound iron meteorite originating from an asteroid recently sold for $44,100 — about $540 per ...
Campo del Cielo – a group of iron meteorites associated with a crater field (of the same name) of at least 26 craters in West Chaco Province, Argentina. The total weight of meteorites recovered exceeds 100 tonnes. [101] Canyon Diablo – Associated with Meteor Crater in Arizona. Cape York – One of the largest meteorites in the world.
The Otumpa mass, meteoric iron weighing 635 kilograms (1,400 pounds), from the Campo del Cielo, exhibited in the Natural History Museum, London, found in 1783 in Chaco, Argentina. A 1.7-kilogram (3.7 lb) individual meteorite from the 1947 Sikhote-Alin meteorite shower (coarsest octahedrite , class IIAB).
The Kaali impacts (c. 1500 BC) during the Nordic Bronze Age may have influenced Estonian and Finnish mythology, [5] the Campo del Cielo (c. 2500 BC) could be in the legends of some Native Argentine tribes, [6] [7] while Henbury (c. 2700 BC) has figured in Australian Aboriginal oral traditions. [8] Macha crater field map One of the Kaali craters
The Campo del Cielo ("Field of Heaven") refers to an area bordering Argentina's Chaco Province where a group of iron meteorites were found, estimated as dating to 4,000–5,000 years ago. It first came to attention of Spanish authorities in 1576; in 2015, police arrested four alleged smugglers trying to steal more than a ton of protected ...