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Meteorito de Guareña

Guareña, Vegas Altas, Badajoz

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Meteorito de Guareña

Curiosity · Guareña, Vegas Altas, Badajoz

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A chondritic meteorite (classified as an H6 chondrite) that fell on the municipal term of Guareña, preceded by a loud noise and three detonations. Two fragments were recovered, of 32 and 7 kg, about 8 kilometers apart, totaling 39 kg. It is kept at the National Museum of Natural Sciences.

20 de julio de 1892

Photo: Adolfobrigido (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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