Posted on 09/13/2016 3:45:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Some meteorites are so big they need a name. Meet the Gancedo meteorite, a gigantic space rock extracted from the ground over the weekend using heavy machinery. It was found near the village of Gancedo in Argentina in an area known as Campo del Cielo ("Field of Heaven"). Campo del Cielo is rife with iron meteorites estimated to have fallen around 4,000 years ago. What makes Gancedo unusual is its massive size, with a weight estimated at around 68,000 pounds (31,000 kilograms). News organization Compacto Nea posted a video of the meteorite extraction on YouTube Monday. It was a complicated affair requiring excavation equipment, chains, cables and plenty of heavy lifting to remove it from its impact ...
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What? No way.
Only 4,000 years ago?
does it sit in a crater?
Yeah.
Time to invest in hardhat manufacturing stock.
Gold nugget?
Because a hardhat would protect you from that.
I remember seeing the world’s largest pallesite meteorite in Greenburg, KS. Also the big well.
Kool post. Thanks for posting!
I saw that movie. It’s one of the all time greats!
Here’s the link. Its on You Tube
https://youtu.be/1r3y-SRsNPI
Judging by the rust color there’s a lot of iron in that one. To have remained that large at impact it must’ve been pretty large before entering the atmosphere.
Only 4,000 years ago?
Oh my, what a meteoric sized mistake. Surely, in the minimum, they meant to write at least 400,000,000 years ago. I think 40 billion is more like it. The propagandist must be asleep at the helm. We certainly cannot have this. Fire him/her/it stat!
Sorry.
As a liberal, I am immune to despicable scaremongering...
“does it sit in a crater?”
Well, it can’t sing and dance...
The crane seems to be undersized in HP.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3787510/Giant-30-tonne-meteorite-discovered-Argentina-second-heaviest-found.html BETTER PICS HERE..
Would have been cool to see and hear hit, from a safe distance of course.
What are you talking about?
My point is, that big a chunk of iron must have rendered a considerable blast. Hard to believe there isn’t a massive crater.
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