This large meteorite was dug on September 26, 2005 the crater's Surprise in the town of Gancedo, the southwestern province of Chaco, in the area where it occurred ± 4000 years meteor scatter known as Campo del Cielo. The allazgo occurred at about 7 feet deep, when the Provincial Road bulldozer driven by Hector Ramon Aquino operator sounded the alert had "hit something hard."
The binational issue who discovered it was headed by the American scientist William Cassidy, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, and Argentine experts and Carlos Mario Vesconi Cerrutti, founders of the Chaco Astronomy Association (ACHA) . American geologists were also involved Shawn P. And Kevin K. Wright Willams, and a group of locals who made the excavation work. The mission was supported by the mayor of Gancedo, Alberto Korovaichuk and was funded by NASA. After being extracted from the crater was deposited on a trailer and transported to the village, where they paraded through the streets. An industrial scale determined by weight 14,850 kilograms. He is currently on display, located next to the crater where it was discovered.
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