Meteorite Museum
» Jilin, Ji Lin

陨石博物馆

After the 1976 activity, local astrologers took action to preserve the 138 pieces of meteorite that they could find, and many of these pieces can now be seen in the Meteorite Museum (Jilin yunshi bowuguan). It uses the sound, the light equipment to introduce the Jilin meteorites shower, the meteorites study and the universe outlines and so on scientific knowledge. The heaviest piece weighs a hefty 1,775kg and it is said to be the largest extant meteorite in the world. It is the biggest meteorite in the world at present. The color is palm black with gas mark on it. After further scientific analysis the pieces here were found to be around 4.6 billion years old, about the same age as the earth.

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Dongbei has seen a few mysterious happenings in its time. In the early 1900s a huge explosion in Siberia rocked the area and rumors circulated of UFO activity, meteor strikes and even early Russian nuclear testing. In March 1976 a heavy meteorite shower hit the area around Jilin. This shower is reputed to have been thrown from the planet strip between Jupiter and Mars.



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