Sikhote-Alin meteorite
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Fall coordinates: 46°9′36″N, 134°39′12″E
The authenticity of the meteorite is confirmed by a certificate from the Ukrainian company SPACEMAN, which is a member of thehttps://imca.ccunder registration number 4167. IMCA is the most respected organization in the world of meteorites. SPACEMAN is also a member of The Meteoritical Society and the Global Meteorite Association and is the sole representative of these organizations in Ukraine.
The meteorite fell near the village of Beitsukhe in the Primorsky Krai in the Ussuri taiga in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in the Far East on February 12, 1947, at 10:38 a.m. The fall was accompanied by a fireball, a smoky trail, and a loud sound. In some places, windows were broken. On February 15, the crash site was accidentally discovered by pilots from the Far Eastern Geological Administration who were returning from a mission. They reported the news to the administration's management in Khabarovsk. The first researchers reached the crash site on February 24. The taiga at the crash site was devastated. Some trees were knocked down, others stood with their crowns cut off. Debris from trees lay all over the field.
The meteorite disintegrated in the atmosphere at an altitude of 25 to 6 km and fell as an iron rain over an area of 20 square kilometers. Individual parts scattered across the taiga in an elliptical area with a major axis about 10 kilometers long. In the main part of the scattering ellipse, covering an area of about a quarter of a square kilometer, which was named the crater field, 106 craters were found, ranging in diameter from 1 to 28 meters, with the largest reaching a depth of 6 meters. In addition, a large number of holes formed by small debris were found.
According to chemical analysis, the Sikhote-Alin meteorite consisted of 93.29% iron, 5.95% nickel, 0.38% cobalt, and small amounts of carbon, chlorine, phosphorus, and sulfur. In terms of its structure, it belongs to the very coarse-grained octahedrites. The largest fragment found weighed 1,745 kg. Researchers estimate that the total mass of the space object when it entered the atmosphere was about 1,000 tons.
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