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Sikhote-Alin is an iron meteorite that fell in 1947 on the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in eastern Siberia.
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Sikhote-alin Meteorite strewnfield documentary of the 1947 Meteor in Russia

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On February 12, 1947, one of the largest meteor showers in recent history occurred in the Sikhote-Alin mountains. The Sikhote-Alin meteorite exploded in the atmosphere as it fell, raining many tons of metal on an elliptical region about 1.3 kmē in area. Craters were formed by the meteors, the largest being 26 meters in diameter.



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The Institute of Geochemistry (Russian academy of sciences) has sent remains of two famous meteorites to Irkutsk to become part of an exposition in a local planetarium.
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Sikhote-Alin meteorite, regmaglypted (thumb printed), complete individual, 597 grams.

Ed ~ Regmaglypts are 'Thumb-print' impressions on the surface of larger meteorites that are formed by ablation of material from the surface as a meteor passes through the atmosphere.



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The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell during daylight at 10:38 a.m. local time on February 12, 1947, in the Russian Sikhote-Alin Mountain Range.

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Grade AA Iron Meteorite - Sikhote Alin



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Back in February of 1947 a huge meteorite fell to Earth in the Russian Sikhote-Alin Mountain Range. The Russians sent in a crew to retrieve and document the fall, the above movie is part of the documentary

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