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Jilin, also transliterated as Kirin, is an H5 ordinary chondrite meteorite shower that fell in Jilin Province, China, on March 8, 1976. Thousands of fragments were recovered from a broad strewn field after a large meteoroid fragmented in the atmosphere. The largest recovered piece weighs about 1,770 kilograms and is recognized as the largest individual stone recovered from a witnessed stony-meteorite fall.
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Is Kirin the same meteorite as Jilin?
Yes. Kirin is an older romanization of Jilin, the Chinese province where the meteorite shower fell in 1976.
How large was the biggest Kirin meteorite fragment?
The largest recovered stone weighed approximately 1,770 kilograms. It is widely identified as the largest single recovered stone from a stony meteorite fall.
What type of meteorite is Kirin?
Kirin is classified as an H5 ordinary chondrite. The H indicates relatively high total iron, while type 5 records substantial thermal metamorphism on its parent asteroid.
What happened during the 1976 Kirin meteorite shower?
A bright fireball broke apart over Jilin Province and scattered many stones across a large strewn field. The event produced several tonnes of recovered material, including the exceptionally large main mass.
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