AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections | Reading the weight of the Ahnighito meteorite, Hayden Planetarium, 1956

Reading the weight of the Ahnighito meteorite, Hayden Planetarium, 1956

Identifier

324499

Title

Reading the weight of the Ahnighito meteorite, Hayden Planetarium, 1956

Date

1956

Creator

Logan, Robert Elwood (photographer)

Yourow, Morton (photographer)

Medium

Film negatives

Dimensions

8 x 10

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

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Hayden Planetarium

Children

Astronomy

Ahnighito (Meteorite)

Relation

AMNH Library authority record Hayden Planetarium

AMNH Library authority record:Ahnighito (Meteorite)

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 Yourow, Morton (photographer), “Reading the weight of the Ahnighito meteorite, Hayden Planetarium, 1956,” AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections, accessed December 10, 2024, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/47186.