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Tr\u00eas Irm\u00e3os<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Meteorite fall in \u00c1gua Branca, Palmas de Monte Alto, Bahia, Brazil at ~11:20 a.m. (14:20 UTC) on 26 May 2017<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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The exact Tr\u00eas Irm\u00e3os fall location 14\u00b07’1.50″, 43\u00b03’51.07″W<\/a> (up is north).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The meteorite (9 cm (length), 5 cm (height), 6 cm (width), an ordinary chondrite (L6, S3, W0) weighing about 940 grams was found by Sirlene da Silva Paes (33) and the 12-year-old girl M\u00e1rcia Eduarda Paes. Together with Sirlene’s mother Euzane Silva Paes they had heard a loud noise which reminded Euzane of a bursting tire of a bike. Sirlene went out of the house, stood at the front door and at 11:30 a.m. local (14:30 UTC), minutes after they heard the rumbling thunder, saw the dust cloud caused by the impact. She went to the place and found the meteorite near the farm’s sandy dirt road on which it had impacted. It was found about six meters west of the shallow impact pit. According to Sirlene’s statements the meteorite was still hot when she touched it first. She immediately dropped it again and when she picked it up again moments later it was still lukewarm. The exact fall location in the rural \u00c1gua Branca area was here: 14\u00b07’1.50″, 43\u00b03’51.07″W<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTalvez eu pegasse a pedra e jogasse nas vacas, como fa\u00e7o com as outras, se n\u00e3o tivesse visto a queda<\/span>\u201d
(Sirlene da Silva Paes)
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Sirlene’s 9-year-old son Joa\u0303o Kevin apparently was the first to comprehend that the find was a meteorite. The meteorite was found about 70 meters away from the house of Sirlene’s father Jos\u00e9 Ot\u00edlio Francisco (‘Bieba’<\/span>) Paes (71) who owns the Fazenda \u00c1gua Branca. After her find Sirlene took a photo of the meteorite and together with the help of neighbours and friends informed the history teacher Nilton Fl\u00e1vio Azevedo<\/span> who went to the fall location and confirmed that the found specimen was a meteorite indeed. He took photos and made films of the fall location and contacted Andr\u00e9 Moutinho who then contacted Maria Elizabeth Zucolotto. On 2 June 2017 Sirlene de Silva Paes sold the meteorite to the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), the Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal in Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and the Palmas de Monte Alto City Hall where the main mass is exhibited. All three institutions have received a part of the meteorite for research and exhibition. A sample of the meteorite was sent or given to Maria Elizabeth Zucolotto at the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro for classification.<\/span> Apparently no visual recordings of the daylight bolide have been reported yet. On 15 August 2017 Tres Irmaos<\/strong><\/a> was registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peda\u00e7o de meteorito \u00e9 encontrado na zona rural de Palmas de Monte Alto<\/strong><\/a> by Vilson da Silva Nunes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The meteorite (9 x 5 x 6 cm) weighing about 900 grams. Photo: Vilson da Silva Nunes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The meteorite next to its impact location on a dirt road on the \u00c1gua Branca farm. Photo: Vilson da Silva Nunes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Finders Sirlene da Silva Paes and M\u00e1rcia Eduarda Paes next to their find at its fall location. Photo: Vilson da Silva Nunes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Vilson da Silva Nunes and Nilton Fl\u00e1vio Azevedo with the meteorite. Photo: Vilson da Silva Nunes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

O Meteorito de Palmas de Monte Alto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short documentary TV UFBA (16 June 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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