[meteorite-list] The World's Second Largest Meteorite

From: Rob Wesel <nakhladog_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 22:41:02 -0700
Message-ID: <7C77211111A24C06AFBEEE085F62B227_at_RobOffice>

I have seen this in the news a few times today. Amazing find but I'm
confused.

This new find is 34 tons.

El Chaco weighs in at 37 tons and Hoba has them beat at 66.

I missing a metric conversion in reference to El Chaco?

Referencing the book
The Campo Del Cielo Meteorites, Vol. II, Chaco
Guillermo Faivovich and Nicolas Goldberg
2012
Page 45


Rob Wesel
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From: "Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list"
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Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 9:52 PM
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Subject: [meteorite-list] The World's Second Largest Meteorite

> List,
>
> A 34-ton iron has been found
> in the Campo del Cielo region
> of Argentina:
> http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=332776
>
> The meteorite was found on
> Sept. 10 in the town of Gancedo,
> 1,085 km north of Buenos Aires,
> Mario Vesconi, president of the
> Astronomy Association of Chaco,
> told the daily newspaper Clarin."
>
> "While we hoped for weights above
> what had been registered, we did
> not expect it to exceed 30 [metric]
> tons," Vesconi noted, adding that
> "the size and weight [about 68,000
> pounds] surprised us."
>
> "The meteorite will be weighed
> again to ensure an accurate
> measurement. The largest
> meteorite ever found is Hoba,
> weighing 66 tons, in Namibia."
>
> See also:
> http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/sep/12/30-ton-meteor-discovered-in-arg
> entina-at-ancient-m/
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
>
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Received on Tue 13 Sep 2016 01:41:02 AM PDT