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| Name | CAMPO DEL CIELO |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Country | Argentina |
| Coordinates | Lat. S 27°38' Long.W 61°42' |
| Diameter km | 0.115 |
| Age Ma or date | <0.004 |
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| Remarks | A crater field found 1933. There is about 20 craters. Craters of Campo del Cielo: 1 Hoyo de la Canada) 105 m, 2 Hoyo Rubin de Cellis) 70 m, 3 Laguna Negra) 115 m, 4 Hoyo Aislado) 85 m, 5 nameless) 45 m, 6a nameless) 35 m, 6b nameless) 20 m, 7 nameless). Meteorite Campo del Cielo (Og IAB si. iron). Largest mass found, El Chaco, weight 37 tons (GM link is for it). |
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| References | ||
| Cassidy 1970 | Cassidy W.A. abs. in Meteoritics, vol.5 (1970) | |
| CoM 1985 | Graham, Bevan and Hutchison, ''Catalogue of Meteorites'', 4th Edition, (1985). | |
| Hodge 1994 | Hodge, Paul W., ''Meteorite craters and impact structures of the Earth'', book, 122 pp, Cambridge University Press (1994) | |
| Romana 1973 | Romana A. and Cassidy W.A., Meteoritics, vol.8 (1973) | |
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