Meteorites

AAT "Interplanetary particles or chunks of stony or metallic matter that survive the passage through the Earth's atmosphere and strike the ground, or that strike any other planet."


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thumbnail Floating derrick CENTURY hoisting meteorite (possibly the "Ahnighito meteorite" discovered by Robert E. Peary in 1894), September 30, 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904-09-30
2008.28.9.504
View thumbnail Meteorite on board floating derrick CENTURY (possibly the "Ahnighito meteorite" discovered by Robert E. Peary in 1894), September 30, 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904-09-30
2008.28.9.505
View thumbnail Meteorite on board floating derrick CENTURY (possibly the "Ahnighito meteorite" discovered by Robert E. Peary in 1894), September 30, 1904
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904-09-30
2008.28.9.506
View thumbnail Derrick CENTURY hoisting 36-1/2 ton meteorite, September 30, 1904
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904-09-30
1964.521.105
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