Campo del Cielo crater
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Campo Del Cielo is an impact crater (astrobleme) in Argentina. Its located near the village of Chorotis, on the border between the provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero, 800 kilometres northeast of Buenos Aires.
The crater is 50 meters in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 4,000 years (Holocene). The crater is exposed to the surface. The meteorite is mainly iron, with 6.68 percent of nickel, and small precentages of cobalt, phosphorus and other elements.
[edit] External links
- Montreal Planetarium page with information
- Earth Impact Database
- Satellite image of the region (from Google Maps)
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