Meteorite record : the Gancedo weighs 30.8 tons and is the fourth largest in the world

 
The Gancedo meteorite, discovered in Saturday afternoon in a crater of Campo del Cielo, was extracted This Sunday and moved in convoy through the streets of the town of Gancedo.  The finding was the conclusion of the Task Vesconi led by Mario Ariel and Carlos Ariel Cerruti, of the Chaco Association of Astronomy.  For Extraction and Transfer traveled to Gancedo A crane and UN truck, heavy machinery, capable of supporting the weight of that piece, according to initial estimates it would be composed of iron and nickel.  Finally, around 11, I look out the surface from the bottom of a pit about 5 meters with bath he had remained BY Between 4000 years and 5000. It was deposited in the Bogie and trasladao one Gancedo a UNOS 15 kilometers away.  During the journey, the colossal celestial body was perched on the scale to certify its weight and Arrojo a whopping 30,800 kilograms, which transforms it into another colossus "multitoneladas".  The 30.8 tons Arrojo preliminary weighing Gancedo make the fourth largest meteorite World executives. Only it surpassed by the Hoba, 60 tons and 80 thousand years old, mined in Namibia; Chaco, 37 Tons, and Hallado Exhibited in Gancedo, and Ahnighito, 30.9 tons, discovered in Cape York, extracted and transferred to Be vendidoa UN Museum.  After the caravan, Gancedo was transferred to "Pingüen N'onaxa" theme park (Campo del Cielo), where the next weekend another edition of National Festival Meteorite will live.