Campo del Cielo Field
A field of craters and large iron masses in northern Argentina, formed by an ancient fall and known to local peoples for thousands of years — the source of some of the heaviest meteorite masses on Earth.
Overview
A field of craters and large iron masses in northern Argentina, formed by an ancient fall and known to local peoples for thousands of years — the source of some of the heaviest meteorite masses on Earth.
Meteorites
1 modelled meteorite.
- Campo del Cielofind
An ancient field of large iron meteorites in Argentina, known to indigenous peoples for millennia, whose fragments include some of the heaviest single meteorite masses ever recovered.
ClassIAB ironCountryArgentina
Knowledge connections
- Location ofCampo del Cielo
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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