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  2. Gancedo (meteorite) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Campo del Cielo - Wikipedia

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    The fragments contain an unusually high density of inclusions for an iron meteorite, which may have contributed to the disintegration of the original meteorite. The average composition of the Campo del Cielo meteorites is 3.6 ppm iridium , 87 ppm gallium , 407 ppm germanium , 0.25% phosphorus , 0.43% cobalt , and 6.67% nickel , with the ...

  4. List of largest meteorites on Earth - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of largest meteorites on Earth. Size can be assessed by the largest fragment of a given meteorite or the total amount of material coming from the same meteorite fall: often a single meteoroid during atmospheric entry tends to fragment into more pieces. The table lists the largest meteorites found on the Earth's surface.

  5. Gancedo - Wikipedia

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    Gancedo is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina. [1] In September 2016, a huge meteorite – the second largest ever found – was exhumed near the town. It weighed 30 tonnes and fell to Earth around 2000 BC. [2]

  6. Category:Iron meteorites - Wikipedia

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    Gancedo (meteorite) Gay Gulch meteorite; Gebel Kamil (meteorite) Gibeon (meteorite) Goose Lake meteorite; ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics; Cookie statement;

  7. Glossary of meteoritics - Wikipedia

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    Willamette meteorite – the largest meteorite discovered in North America, found in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Winonaite – a type of primitive achondrite meteorite. Weston meteorite – a meteorite which fell to earth above the town of Weston, Connecticut on December 14, 1807.

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