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| − | [[Image:Meteorite-ahnighito.jpg|right|thumb|The Ahnighito Meteorite]] The largest fragment of the great [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_York_meteorite Cape York meteorite] to be removed from the site where it fell in Greenland some ten thousand years ago. | + | [[Image:Meteorite-ahnighito.jpg|right|thumb|The Ahnighito Meteorite]] The largest fragment of the great nickel-iron [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_York_meteorite Cape York meteorite] to be removed from the site where it fell in Greenland some ten thousand years ago. The Ahnighito ("tent") and the other large fragments (the "Woman" and the "Dog") were used by the local Inuit people for thousands of years as a source of iron for their tools and harpoons. The Arctic explorer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peary Robert Peary] brought this portion of the meteorite from Greenland to the United States in the late 1800's, selling it to the [[American Museum of Natural History]] for USD $40,000. It now resides in the [http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/meteorites/ Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites] at the [[Hayden Planetarium]]. Its thirty-two ton weight means that its supports must reach straight down through the structure of the museum into the native bedrock. |
In [[HW]], [[Rodriguez, Christopher K. | Kit]] communes with the meteorite and gets a sense of what its long history was like before its fall. ([[HW]]) | In [[HW]], [[Rodriguez, Christopher K. | Kit]] communes with the meteorite and gets a sense of what its long history was like before its fall. ([[HW]]) | ||
(See also: [[Inanimate objects]]) | (See also: [[Inanimate objects]]) | ||
Revision as of 12:44, 22 May 2006
The largest fragment of the great nickel-iron Cape York meteorite to be removed from the site where it fell in Greenland some ten thousand years ago. The Ahnighito ("tent") and the other large fragments (the "Woman" and the "Dog") were used by the local Inuit people for thousands of years as a source of iron for their tools and harpoons. The Arctic explorer Robert Peary brought this portion of the meteorite from Greenland to the United States in the late 1800's, selling it to the American Museum of Natural History for USD $40,000. It now resides in the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites at the Hayden Planetarium. Its thirty-two ton weight means that its supports must reach straight down through the structure of the museum into the native bedrock.
In HW, Kit communes with the meteorite and gets a sense of what its long history was like before its fall. (HW)
(See also: Inanimate objects)