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World's second largest meteorite discovered in northern Argentina
The world's second largest meteorite has been discovered in northern Argentina, a news report says. A team of experts found the 30,800 kilogram meteorite buried in the province of Chaco, about 800 kilometers northwest of Buenos Aires on Saturday, the news agency Telam reported. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI have a 7 pound Campo fragment...
Sep 13th, 2016 - 01:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Best doorstopper a man can wish....
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Sep 13th, 2016 - 02:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sadly, it's smarter and more human than you are.
Smarter..., maybe.
Sep 13th, 2016 - 02:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But definitel not more human...
More alien............................. no doubt...
Headline is inaccurate should read ”worlds largest gang of crooks discovered in SA”
Sep 13th, 2016 - 05:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Chucklr chuckle
It aint half hot Mum…
Just looks like a great lump of shit, very appropriate that it was found in Argturd.......
Sep 13th, 2016 - 06:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I believe that extraterrestrials have been dumping their shite on Argentina since the 1940s.
Sep 13th, 2016 - 06:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Then its about time Argentina dumped them back then..
Sep 13th, 2016 - 07:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I would have thought something that weight hitting the earth at speed would have been much deeper...
Sep 13th, 2016 - 07:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@8 “....weight hitting the earth at speed would have been much deeper...”
Sep 13th, 2016 - 07:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Often meteorite strikes involve large objects that do crater significantly but break up into smaller particles that are ejected from the initial crater and don't cause large secondary impact phenomena. And even simple strikes are often cratered into softer sediments that over time erode and leave harder rocks and meteorites exposed.
(8) Mr. Voice
Sep 13th, 2016 - 08:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That's because of the very acute (~8-9 deg.) angle of impact Mr. Voice.....
Some of the bigger pieces actually bounced a couple of times and reminded on the surface...
What is its mineral content?
Sep 13th, 2016 - 09:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0l read that a lot of meteors are iron & nickel.
Remained, not reminded-Cher Think.
@11 “. ...a lot of meteors are iron & nickel.”
Sep 13th, 2016 - 09:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Some meteorites are almost as dense as Voice and Tink.
Thanks Chère Isolde...
Sep 13th, 2016 - 09:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm positive that Mr. Voice or Cmdr. Doveoverdover would never commit such a silly mistake...
Always nice having you hurrying to my help....;-)
Campo del cielos are iron-nickels allrigh...t caracterised by their very coarse Widmanstatten pattern...
What does the meteorite have in common with Kirchnerism?
Sep 14th, 2016 - 05:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Large, dense and embedded in Argentina and being removed after being there a long time? ;-)
“What does the meteorite have in common with Kirchnerism?”
Sep 14th, 2016 - 06:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Large, dense and embedded in Argentina...”
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+ Caused considerable damage in its time.
According to the ferangi , the first rule of acquisition ,
Sep 15th, 2016 - 11:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0if you get it first, its yours.
so they say.
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