4,000-Year-Old Meteorite Discovered In Argentina May Be The World's Second Largest

Kimberly Solis
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:08:07 -0700

On September 10, 2016, a meteorite weighing more than 30-tons (68,000 pounds) was unearthed in Argentina’s Campo del Cielo (Spanish for “Field of Heaven”) region. The space rock that is amongst the largest intact meteorites discovered thus far, is believed to be part of a massive meteor that disintegrated as it entered Earth's atmosphere approximately 4,000 — 6,000 years ago.