Impacto de Meteorito deixa cratera de 100 metros na Colômbia

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O Dr. Marcelo Oliveira acaba de nos passar a informação que ocorreu ontem um gigantesco impacto na Colômbia. Segundo as notícias divulgadas até o momento o impacto criou uma cratera de 100 metros de diâmetro!!! Informações detalhadas no endereço abaixo em Inglês ou nos endereços:

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Colombia confirms 'giant fire ball' a meteorite

Colombian authorities confirmed that a "giant fire ball" that fell from the sky in the central Santander department was a meteorite.

The Colombian media has been buzzing with eye witness accounts of the fireball, which fell out of the sky and caused a massive explosion at 3:15PM local time Sunday.

Andina.com reported Bucaramanga Mayor Fernando Vargas as confirming that the phenomenon was a meteorite that left a crater 100 meters in diameter where it crashed into the earth in the San Joaquin municipality in Santander.

Colombian air force helicopters were commissioned to fly over the vicinity to try to locate the source of the explosion.

The director of the University of Nariño's Astronomic Observatory, Alberto Quijano, told RCN Radio Sunday that he believed the object was a meteorite.

In rural areas of Santander, police received reports that the explosion had shattered windows in the zone.