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Massive meteorite extracted from hole in Argentina (Campo del Cielo ("Field of Heaven"))
Yahoo News ^
| 9/13/16
| CNET
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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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: argentina; extracted; massive; meteorite
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That's a big fellar..
To: NormsRevenge
What? No way.
Only 4,000 years ago?
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posted on
09/13/2016 3:48:08 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
09/13/2016 3:49:45 PM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(:-)
To: BenLurkin
What? No way.
Only 4,000 years ago? Yeah.
Time to invest in hardhat manufacturing stock.
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posted on
09/13/2016 3:51:01 PM PDT
by
publius911
(IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
To: NormsRevenge
To: publius911
Because a hardhat would protect you from that.
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posted on
09/13/2016 3:52:41 PM PDT
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: NormsRevenge
They better be careful...the last time someone bumped a meteorite with heavy equipment we ended up with this...
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posted on
09/13/2016 3:54:46 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(I dissent)
To: NormsRevenge
I remember seeing the world’s largest pallesite meteorite in Greenburg, KS. Also the big well.
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posted on
09/13/2016 3:55:37 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: NormsRevenge
Kool post. Thanks for posting!
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posted on
09/13/2016 3:56:45 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Hillary Clinton......unfit to serve, shovel ready)
To: Magnum44
I saw that movie. It’s one of the all time greats!
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posted on
09/13/2016 3:57:01 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
To: Fai Mao
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posted on
09/13/2016 3:58:50 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
To: NormsRevenge
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.
To: BenLurkin
What? No way. 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!
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posted on
09/13/2016 4:02:13 PM PDT
by
Bellflower
(Dems = Mat 6:23 ....If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!)
To: FreedomStar3028
Because a hardhat would protect you from that.Sorry.
As a liberal, I am immune to despicable scaremongering...
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posted on
09/13/2016 4:02:28 PM PDT
by
publius911
(IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
To: CJ Wolf
“does it sit in a crater?”
Well, it can’t sing and dance...
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posted on
09/13/2016 4:04:12 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: NormsRevenge
The crane seems to be undersized in HP.
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posted on
09/13/2016 4:07:12 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
09/13/2016 4:08:06 PM PDT
by
missnry
(The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals crazy!)
To: NormsRevenge
Would have been cool to see and hear hit, from a safe distance of course.
To: Bellflower
What are you talking about?
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posted on
09/13/2016 4:14:37 PM PDT
by
Paradox
("Wishing for a tautology to enact itself is not a strategy.")
To: Bellflower
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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posted on
09/13/2016 4:15:55 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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