Argentina experts find ancient meteorite

The world's second largest meteor has been discovered in northern Argentina, a news report says.

A team of experts found the 30,800 kilogram meteorite buried in the province of Chaco, about 800 kilometres northwest of the capital Buenos Aires on Saturday, the news agency Telam says.

The discovery was made in an area called Campo del Cielo, which lies in the municipality of Gancedo, where a meteor shower hit approximately 4000 years ago.

The world's largest discovered meteor - called Hoba - weighs more than 50 tonnes and was found in Namibia nearly a century ago.