Santa Rosa de Viterbo meteorite
{{Short description|Meteorite found in Colombia}}
{{Infobox meteorite
|Name = Aerolito de Santa Rosa de Viterbo
|Image = File:Santa Rosa meteorite, main mass, detail.jpg
|Image_caption = A 411 kg fragment of the meteorite in the Colombian National Museum
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|Country = Colombia
|Region = Boyacá
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|Observed_fall = No
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|Found_date = 1810
|TKW = >{{convert|700|kg|lbs}}
|Image2 = Parque Santa Rosa de Viterbo.JPG
|Image2_caption = Santa Rosa de Viterbo in north central Boyacá, the town of the meteorite fall
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The Santa Rosa de Viterbo Meteorite was found in 1810, in the Tocavita Hill, near the town that holds the same name in the north central area of Boyacá, Colombia.{{cite web|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-214676 |title=REGRESO EL AEROLITO: - Archivo - Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990 |publisher=Eltiempo.com |access-date=2015-05-20}}
History
File:Santa Rosa meteorite, Colombia 1906.jpg
In early 1810, on a Holy Saturday, a woman named Cecilia Corredor found the meteorite near the town in the Tocavita Hill. It was moved to the urban center of Santa Rosa de Viterbo, where it served as an anvil in the town's iron foundry for a long time. On 8 September 1877, the town's mayor had the meteorite placed on a stone column and exhibited in the town's central park. During the presidency of Rafael Reyes Prieto, the meteorite was moved to Bogotá and was divided into two pieces; one piece was placed in the National Museum of Colombia and the other in foreign museums.{{cite web|url=http://www.santarosadeviterbo-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml#simbolos |title=Nuestro Municipio |publisher=Santarosadeviterbo-boyaca.gov.co |access-date=2015-05-20}} Jesuits later found three more fragments of the same meteorite.
Specimens
When the meteorite was first removed from Santa Rosa de Viterbo's main plaza and taken to Bogotá, it was divided into two pieces. One piece, weighing 411 kilograms, remained in Bogotá and was placed at the National Museum of Colombia, where it remains, while the other was taken abroad to be displayed in other museums.{{cite web |title=Aerolito de Santa Rosa de Viterbo |url=http://190.26.211.126/paginaindependientesnoviembre06aerolitodesantarosadeviterbo |access-date=July 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725212106/http://190.26.211.126/paginaindependientesnoviembre06aerolitodesantarosadeviterbo |archive-date=July 25, 2014}} The other fragments found are curated mainly at the Pontifical Xavierian University, the National University of Colombia, and La Salle University.{{cite web |url=http://astrolabio.phipages.com/storage/.instance_5418/astrolabio_vol9_numero_76-905.pdf |format=PDF |title=200 años de la caída de los Meteoritos de Santa Rosa de Viterbo |publisher=Astrolabio.phipages.com |access-date=2015-05-20}}
References
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External links
{{commonscat|Santa Rosa meteorite}}
- [http://astrolabio.phipages.com/storage/.instance_5418/astrolabio_vol9_numero_76-905.pdf Astrolabio.phipages.com] {{in lang|es}}
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