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Moving Ahnighito meteorite to place on scale, Planetarium [circa 1956]

Identifier

336153

Title

Moving Ahnighito meteorite to place on scale, Planetarium [circa 1956]

Date

[1956, approximate]

Creator

Rota, Alex J. (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

Exhibition preparation

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

Rota, Alex J. (photographer), “Moving Ahnighito meteorite to place on scale, Planetarium [circa 1956],” AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections, accessed December 5, 2024, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/47705.