A second Porangaba meteorite has been found and presented to the public
On February 7 Renato Poltronieri was contacted by José Maria of Porangaba who had found a second meteorite weighing 425 grams. José Maria gave a fragment of 131 grams to Renato Poltronieri which was then cut into five parts.
“It was cut into 5 parts. One was for Dr. Beth Zucolotto, scientist at the National Museum, one piece for Gabriel Gonçalves from the Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAar) to be analyzed, […] the other three parts were given to me, Carlos [de Pietro (from Goiânia)] and Marcelo [Domingues (from Brasília)]. My part weighs 30.4 grams”, said Poltronieri. Recently, half of the remaining meteorite was donated to Poltronieri, the rest will be offered to collectors.
Photo credit: Jornal voz do povo na região (March 13,2015)
Photo credit: Jornal voz do povo na região (March 13,2015)
Source:
Jornal voz do povo na região
(March 13,2015)
Jornal voz do povo na região
(March 13,2015, automatically translated)
See also:
First two meteorites from the São Paulo bolide on 9 January 2015 (15:35 local time) have been found near Porangaba, São Paulo, Brazil
(19 January 2015, updated 15 March 2015)
