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Questions raised over Nicaragua 'meteorite'

International experts have raised doubts as to whether a 12m-wide crater near the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, was caused by a meteorite.
Nasa's Bill Cooke estimated that the crater would have been created by a blast of "roughly the energy equivalent of 1 tonne of TNT [explosive material]".
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Reports in the media over the weekend that a small meteorite impacted in Nicaragua have yet to be confirmed. A loud explosion was heard near Managua's international airport Saturday night, and photos of a 24-metre crater have been circulated. As yet, no eyewitness accounts or imagery have come to light of the fireball flash or debris trail that is typically associated with a meteor of the size required to produce such a crater. Since the explosion in Nicaragua occurred a full 13 hours before the close passage of asteroid 2014 RC, these two events are unrelated.
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Meteorite that hit Nicaragua 'dropped off' larger asteroid

A meteorite that landed near the Nicaraguan capital Managua on Sunday could have come from the 2014 RC asteroid which was passing the earth at the time, experts have said.
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Meteorite leaves crater in Nicaraguan capital Managua

Experts studying the crater said it was not clear whether the meteorite had disintegrated upon impact or had been blasted into soil.
Locals said they heard a large blast just before midnight local time and reported a burning smell.
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A loud boom was heard Saturday night, local time, around Managua, the Nicaraguan capital, and a suspected meteorite crater was discovered near Augusto C. Sandino International Airport
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Fallen in Nicaragua meteorite left a 12-meter crater

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Meteorite smashes into Nicaragua

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Ed ~ It does look like some sort  of impact or explosion. Confirming evidence is still needed.



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The Government of Nicaragua reported that the situation caused no human or material damages, because the meteorite hit an uninhabited area. The expert from the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INET), Wilfredo Strauss said: We believe it was a meteorite, we saw the impact crater.
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Meteorite strikes Nicaragua leaving crater

Nicaragua's government says a loud boom heard overnight by residents of the capital was made by a small meteorite that left a crater in a wooded area near the city's airport.
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Nicaragua Meteorite 2014: Managua Blast Likely Caused By Heavenly Body

Not seen but heard in the Nicaraguan capital city of Managua Saturday was another celestial body, a meteorite that carved out a crater measuring 16 feet deep and 39 feet wide.
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