The Carancas impact event refers to the fall of the Carancas chondritic meteorite on September 15, 2007, near the village of Carancas in Peru, close to...
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surface, leaving no impact crater. The Tunguska event is the largest impact event on Earth in recorded history, though much larger impacts occurred in prehistoric...
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An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems...
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Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve (category Earth Impact Database)
the few impact events that have occurred in a populated area (few other examples are Kaali crater in Estonia and 2007 Carancas impact event in Peru)...
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Meteorite (section Large impact craters)
largest meteorite ever found in the United States. 2007 Carancas impact event – On 15 September 2007, a stony meteorite that may have weighed as much as...
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responsible for the illness experienced by those that witnessed the 2007 Carancas impact event in Peru, as local residents inhaled steam which was contaminated...
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Meteor air burst (redirect from List of unexplained explosion events)
an Earth-crossing orbit 2007 Carancas impact event – mostly intact until object hit the ground Impact event Asteroid impact prediction Meteorite fall...
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night of 6 September 2014 or one that occurred before that time. 2007 Carancas impact event "Meteorite strikes near Nicaragua's capital leaving 39-foot crater"...
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2009 Latvian meteorite hoax (category Historical events in Latvia)
recent large meteorite known to have landed on Earth struck near Carancas in Peru in 2007, leaving a crater around 15 m (49 ft) wide. On Tuesday 27 October...
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