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

From: Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 12:04:43 +0200
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https://steemit.com/gancedo/_at_merlinesm/meteorite-record-the-gancedo-weighs-30-8-tons-and-is-the-fourth-largest-in-the-world

This article, with some great photos, lists it at 4th with 30,800kg as the official measure.

Weighing the big ones like this and compairing them to others has always been confusing it seems.

2nd or 4th is kkind of irrelevant in my book. Still amazing...

Cheers,
John A. Shea, MD
IMCA 3295



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On 9/13/16 at 2:01 AM, MexicoDoug via Meteorite-list wrote:

> Just a journalistic failure to fact check... The original El Chaco is said to be 37.4 MT (37,400 kg). They need to weigh this "Gancedo" more accurately perhaps, but it is over 14,500 pounds more to get from the Gancedo 30.8 MT to the El Chaco 37.4 MT:
>
> see the recovery of the find here:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7OGZpVbI6I
> Best
> Doug
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Wesel via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> To: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>; meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tue, Sep 13, 2016 1:41 am
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The World's Second Largest Meteorite
>
> 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
>
>
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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
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> > 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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