Sikhote Alin Meteorite Small

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Sikhote Alin Meteorite Small

These pieces of the Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite fell in the Maritime Territory of Russia on February 12th, 1947.

Classified as a coarse octahedrite IIB, these are supplied in an acrylic display box.

These make fantastic gifts for astronomers and people interested in space - children and adults alike!

Please note - meteorites are unique and come in different shapes and sizes. We have photographed a number intended to represent the meteorite you receive, but the actual meteorite and packaging will differ slightly from those photographed. The price displayed is for a single meteorite.

The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fall was a massive impact event that occurred on February 12, 1947, approximately 440 km northeast of Vladivostok, Russia.

The fall of this meteorite occurred during the daytime and was observed by many eyewitnesses. This observational data allowed V. G. Fesenkov, chairman of the USSR Academy of Science's meteorite committee, to compute the original body's orbit. It is most likely that the former orbit of the Sikhote-Alin meteoroid is similar to that of many other small bodies of the solar system. It is ellipse-shaped, and its point of greatest distance from the sun lies within the asteroid belt. This suggests that the collision of two asteroids precipitated the creation of the meteoroid and its subsequent passage to Earth.

The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia, near the village of Paseka (approximately 440 km northeast of Vladivostok) on the morning of February 12, 1947. At around 10:30 a.m. that morning, witnesses reported a fireball brighter than the sun coming out of the north, descending at an angle of about 41 degrees. The bright flash and the deafening sound of the fall were observed for three hundred kilometres around the point of impact.

Fragments of this meteorite are either shattered and twisted ‘shrapnel’ pieces or – much rarer – complete, oriented individuals.