Sikhote-Alin is the official name for this meteorite and it does not have an official abbreviation. Sikhote-Alin was an observed fall in Russia in the year 1947 and has the meteorite classification of Iron, IIAB. The total know weight is 23,000,000 grams.
|
Bibliography: | - Popov, E. G. : "Modeling thermal changes in the surface of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite", Astronomicheskii Vestnik, vol. 14, p. 216-220, 1980
- R. Gallant : "Sikhote-Alin revisited", Meteorite Magazine, 02/1996
|