# Happy Anniversary Sikhote-Alin! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-anniversary-sikhote-alin/959377 "2022-02-12T19:39:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-anniversary-sikhote-alin/959377/1 "2022-02-12T19:39:46Z")
It was 75 years ago today (February 12th, 1947) that a piece of iron fell in Siberia. > **[Sikhote-Alin meteorite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhote-Alin_meteorite)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > An iron meteorite fell on the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, in southeastern Russia, in 1947. Large iron meteorite falls have been witnessed and fragments recovered but never before, in recorded history, a fall of this magnitude. An estimated 23 tonnes of fragments survived the fiery passage through the atmosphere and reached the Earth. > At around 10:30 AM on 12 February 1947, eyewitnesses in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Soviet Union, observed a... > **[Sikhote-Alin, IIAB](https://meteoritegallery.com/sikhote-alin-iiab/)** > > Hundreds of images of world class meteorites and related materials, accounts of field expeditions, and current scientific work. > **[Sikhote-Alin Iron Meteorite Individuals for Sale](http://www.meteoritemarket.com/SAi.htm)** > > The Meteorite Market was the web's first meteorite photo catalog. It remains a favorite of beginning and intermediate collectors because of its good photo-catalog, its general information pages and the quick and personal on-line service of... No large or impressive examples in my collection, unfortunately. My biggest is 41 grams. [[Album] Small Sikhote-Alin specimens ![](https://i.imgur.com/VcuLqwi.jpeg?fb "Small Sikhote-Alin specimens") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/uIJeDk7) ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-anniversary-sikhote-alin/959377/2 "2022-02-15T00:39:24Z")
Great. Happy Anniversary, rock from space. Mind you, existing for billions of years only to slam into a planet that inconveniently happened to wander into your path - that’s not an occasion I’d necessarily want to mark on my calendar as a night to remember. But who am I to carp? Barnacle Bill, that’s who, and if I sound bitter, it’s because I’m that rock on Mars that learned the hard way what a bunch of Fickle Frannies you members of the human species are. Discovered by one of your Mars Rovers, plastered on the front pages of fishwrap tabloids for a few days, then shoved down the memory hole because some newer shinier object nabbed your miniscule attention span - what was it anyway, did someone train a dog to fart Yankee Doodle? - great, put him on Letterman - Barnacle Bill, what’s that? At least this asteroid or meteor or whatever gets an anniversary though that plus $1.50 will buy you a small regular at Dunkie’s. I guess I have only myself to blame, sitting on a dessicated lakebed for eons, somehow expecting anything you lot do to matter one jot and half a tittle. Mea Culpa - that’s Latin for I’m the Goat; I hope this little display of helpless, hopeless despair gave you a chuckle. Sikhole-Alin, as you are now, once was I - look upon me and weep, ya poor soak! At least someone remembers, even if it’s just some guy named Darren on a dying message board. I bear you no ill; just do me a kindness and tell 'em old Bill said hi and if anyone wants to come by, pick me up and put me in a museum, I’d be okay with that. Otherwise bite me. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-anniversary-sikhote-alin/959377/3 "2022-02-15T12:16:20Z")
Well, we tried to engage with you but you declined the offer : > [@Perseverance rover on Mars (was: Mars lander set for Feb 18th landing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perseverance-rover-on-mars-was-mars-lander-set-for-feb-18th-landing/932068/147): > > Barnacle Bill (it/they) here. I guess what you’re saying is, you want me to provide free content. Apparently you have decided that I ought to have a lot of interesting stories to tell about my time here, and thus I should be only too glad to hand them over to you, sans compensation of any sort, because it would be a nice thing for me to do - as a “favor” to you, a stranger. With no obligation on your part to reciprocate. And my doing this would release you from the annoyance and expense of inve… ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-anniversary-sikhote-alin/959377/4 "2022-02-16T20:12:46Z")
I tried to engage, you thought it was a golden opporunity to exploit. No thank you. My main concern these days is to warn other rocks about you guys; our agendas would seem to be at odds to put it kindly. (And what do we rocks want? “Leave us alone!”, how does that sound? Think you could try to remember that?) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-anniversary-sikhote-alin/959377/5 "2022-02-16T20:47:06Z")
Engage/exploit - potato/potato. Anyway, we’re done with mars, we’ve got a new toy now.