Sikhote-Alin meteorite - Wikipedia
The Sikhote-Alin meteorite is classified as an iron meteorite belonging to the meteorite group IIAB and with a coarse octahedrite structure. It is composed of approximately 93% iron, 5.9% …
Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Sikhote-Alin - Lunar and Planetary ...
Nov 2, 2024 · The following entries were found for Sikhote-Alin in Buchwald (1975) [Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]
Sikhote-Alin Meteorite - Aerolite Meteorites
Nov 24, 2020 · The Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite is a very-well known witnessed fall. Coupled with its fame as a large iron meteorite fall, Sikhote-Alin is a favorite among meteorite collectors for …
Sikhote-Alin – Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies
Sikhote-Alin is an iron meteorite that fell spectacularly at 10:38 AM, February 12, 1947, in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, northeast of Vladivostok, Russia. Witnesses to the fall saw a fireball …
Sikhote-Alin | AMNH
As geologists searched for meteorites by digging beneath craters at Sikhote-Alin, they noticed something peculiar. Many fairly large meteorite samples were buried at the bottom of small …
Sikhote feature - Meteorite Recon
Sikhote Alin shrapnel, uncleaned find condition, 471 g. Up to date, the Sikote Alin meteorite fall is the largest witnessed meteorite shower in modern times. It occured in Eastern Siberia on …
Sikhote Alin – SkyFall Meteorites
Nov 8, 2018 · At 10:38 A.M. in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains of eastern Siberia, people witnessed the largest single meteorite fall ever recorded. The brilliant bolide approached from the north …
Sikhote-Alin (Iron, IIAB) - EoM - Encyclopedia of Meteorites
Year: 1947. Class: Iron, IIAB. TKW, g: 23000000. Bibliography: - Popov, E. G. : "Modeling thermal changes in the surface of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite", Astronomicheskii Vestnik, vol. 14, p. 216 …
A SIKHOTE-ALIN METEORITE, | Christie’s
The Sikhote-Alin event was the largest meteorite shower in recorded history. After breaking off from its parent asteroid 320 million years ago, a 70-metric-ton iron mass wandered through …
Sikhote-Alin meteorite: impact site, composition, dimensions ...
The Sikhote-Alin meteorite is one of the ten largest meteorites ever found and is the largest among those whose fall has been recorded in the history of observations. Regarding chemical …