The 1957 Sikhote Alin Meteorite Stamp

Code: 000112

Description: The 1957 Sikhote Alin Meteorite Stamp

This is a Rare and Rare Stamp about Sikhote Alin Meteorite, this stamp was publishing in 1957.

In 1957, Russia Government issued this stamp to commemorate the 10th
Anniversary of the falling of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite.
It features the famous painting of the fall by an artist Mr. P.I. Medvedev who witnessed the fall and immediately painted this impact.

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Story :
The Sikhote Alin Meteorite is one of the most spectacular falls of recorded history and one of a very small number of recent iron meteorite falls. The Sikhote Alin meteorite fell during daylight at 10:38 a.m. local time on February 12, 1947. Witnesses reported a fireball that was brighter than the sun. It came from out of the north , about 15 degrees east of north and descended at an angle of 41 degrees. It left a trail of smoke and dust that was 20 miles long and lingered for several hours. Light and sound of the fall were observed for two hundred miles around the point of impact. Then it passed out of sight behind the hills in Sikhote Alin Mountains. The Sikhote Alin Meteorite is classified in Group IIB, with 5.9% Ni, 0.42% Co, 0.46% P, about 0.28% S, 52 ppm Ga, 161 ppm Ge, 0.03 ppm Ir. Almost all of the remaining portion of the meteorite is iron