Free Astronomy Magazine November-December 2016

4 SMALL BODIES Its name is Gancedo, it has a diameter of a pair of meters, it is metallic and weights more than 30 tons. The researchers from the Asociación Chaqueña de Astronomía dug it in the past September, inside the Argentine territory called Campo del Cielo, where in ancient times the most frighten- ing meteorite shower ever witnessed took place. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2016 The second biggest meteorite discovered T he background scenario repre- sents effectively the shower of giant meteorites which more than 4000 years ago fell over the north territory of the current Argentina. by Michele Ferrara