El condrito carbonáceo Aguas Zarcas: bólido, caída y recuperación de un meteorito extraordinario del tipo CM2
| Autor: | Lücke, Oscar H., Madrigal, Pilar, Soto, Gerardo J. |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Central American Journal of Geology; No. 61 (2019): July-December; 9-22 Revista Geológica de América Central; Núm. 61 (2019): Julio-Diciembre; 9-22 Portal de Revistas UCR Universidad de Costa Rica instacron:UCR |
| ISSN: | 2215-261X 0256-7024 |
| Popis: | On April 23rd, 2019 at 21:08 local time, a fireball was observed crossing the night sky of central Costa Rica with a general southeast to northwest direction, in an event registered by both witnesses and cameras. A subsequent explosive sound (fragmentation in the atmosphere) was reported near San Carlos, followed by a meteorite shower in the districts of Aguas Zarcas and La Palmera, of San Carlos. The first recovered fragment (1071 g) came from a house near La Caporal in Aguas Zarcas, where the impact bored a hole in the ceiling breaking the meteorite in smaller pieces adding up to a total weight of 1152 g. In the following days several other fragments were recovered towards the northwest of Aguas Zarcas, in the towns of La Cocaleca, Santa Rosa, and La Palmera, with weights ranging from |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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