AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections | Installing the scale for the Ahnighito meteorite, Hayden Planetarium, February, 1956

Installing the scale for the Ahnighito meteorite, Hayden Planetarium, February, 1956

Identifier

2A4692

Title

Installing the scale for the Ahnighito meteorite, Hayden Planetarium, February, 1956

Date

1956-02

Creator

Logan, Robert Elwood (photographer)

Rota, Alex J. (photographer)

Medium

Film negatives

Dimensions

4 x 5

Description

The Ahnighito meteorite is currently on exhibit in the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites (2019). It was collected on the Peary Expedition to Greenland (1897).

Geographic Location

Greenland

New York, New York state, United States

Subject

Meteorites

Exhibition preparation

Astrophysics

Hayden Planetarium

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Ahnighito (Meteorite)

Relation

AMNH Library authority record Hayden Planetarium

Publisher

American Museum of Natural History Library

Rights

Information on rights available at the repository.

Repository

American Museum of Natural History

Collection

Historic Halls of the American Museum of Natural History

Citation

Logan, Robert Elwood (photographer) and Rota, Alex J. (photographer), “Installing the scale for the Ahnighito meteorite, Hayden Planetarium, February, 1956,” AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections, accessed December 5, 2024, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/46167.