The many faces of Sikhote-alin

 

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Sikhote-alin
  • Maritime Territory, Russia
  • Fall 1947, February 12, 10:38 Hours
  • Iron, (IIAB) Coarsest Octahedrite; bandwidth 9mm
  • Approximate Weight Recovered: over 27 tons

A shower of fireballs fell in the thick forest in the Sikhote-alin Mountains, 25 miles from Novopoltavka, Maritime Province, producing 106 impact holes, the largest 28 meters across, over an area of 100 x 660 meters.  Many fragments, up to 300kg in weight totalling over 27,000kg were found scattered inside and outside of the holes.

(above description from Catalogue of Meteorites, Fifth edtion)