Sikhote-Alin Strewn Field
The strewn field left by the 1947 Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite fall, where thousands of fragments and impact pits were scattered across the taiga of the Russian Far East.
Overview
The strewn field left by the 1947 Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite fall, where thousands of fragments and impact pits were scattered across the taiga of the Russian Far East.
Meteorites
1 modelled meteorite.
- Sikhote-Alinfall
One of the largest observed iron meteorite falls, which broke apart over the Sikhote-Alin mountains in 1947 and scattered thousands of fragments, many with dramatic regmaglypt thumbprint textures, across a strewn field.
ClassIIAB ironCountryRussiaDate1947-02-12
Knowledge connections
- Location ofSikhote-Alin
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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