Magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, magnetic moment and characterization of Carancas meteorite

On September, 15, 2007, in the community of Carancas (Puno, Peru) a stony meteorite formed a crater explosive type with a mean diameter of 13.5 m. some samples meteorite fragments were collected. The petrologic analysis performed corresponds to a meteorite ordinary chondrite H 4-5. In this paper we have analyzed the magnetic properties of a meteorite fragment with a proton magnetometer. * Observatorio geomagnetico de Huancayo, Instituto Geofisico del Peru, domingo.igp@gmail.com ** Observatorio geomagnetico de Huancayo, Instituto Geofisico del Peru, erick.vidal@igp.gob.pe 6 Domingo Rosales and Erick Vidal Revista Geofisica 65 Also in order to have a complete characterization of the Carancas meteorite and its crater, from several papers, articles and reports, we have made a compilation of the most important characteristics and properties of this meteorite.