Meteorite Museum

At about 15:00 on March 8, 1976, in the plain area of 500 square kilometers around Jilin City and Yongji County, with a deafening roar, a guest from ancient times suddenly visited the earth. This rare rock meteorite rain is very rare in quantity, weight and technology. There are 138 large meteorites on display in the meteorite shower exhibition hall, with a total weight of 2616 kg, of which the largest one weighs 1775 kg, which is the largest meteorite in the world at present.

Meteorite Museum

The meteorite rain exhibition hall is located in Jilin Street, Jilin City.

Founded on June 26, 1990, it is subordinate to Jilin Municipal Bureau of culture. The site of the museum and Jilin Municipal Museum work together. Its predecessor is "JILIN METEORITE rain Exhibition". At about 15:00 on March 8, 1976, in the plain area of 500 square kilometers around Jilin City and Yongji County, a guest from ancient times suddenly visited the earth. This rare rock meteorite rain is very rare in terms of its quantity, weight and high technology content.

brief introduction

The meteorite rain exhibition hall is located in the exhibition hall of Jilin Museum in the south of Jiangnan Park in Jilin City. The rock is brownish black with a gas seal of intense friction when it falls into the earth's atmosphere. The scale, weight, quantity, shape and specimen collection of meteorite rain rank first in the world, which is known as an important event in the history of contemporary world science. All the meteorite samples are displayed in Jilin Museum. The precious cosmic information brought by these "extraterrestrial visitors" is not only valuable information for scientific research, but also mysterious scientific relics for tourists to see. Visiting the exhibition hall, you can also see an exhibition of pictures about the formation, orbit and landing process of Jilin meteorite. At the same time, you can show the color film "extraterrestrial visitors" and buy souvenirs of meteorite rain.

Jilin meteorite, an uninvited guest, ranks the first in the world in terms of the size of the rain, the weight, the quantity, the shape and the collection of specimens. It not only brings a lot of cosmic information to the earth, but also adds a wonderful color to the tourism industry of Jilin City, the Jiangcheng city in the north of China. It has become a unique landscape for tourism in Guandong.

Detailed introduction

JILIN METEORITE rain museum is located on the South Bank of Songhua River near Jilin bridge. It is the first museum in China to exhibit meteorite rain. The museum collects the world's largest meteorite, Jilin No.1 meteorite, as well as all kinds of meteorite specimens from more than ten countries around the world. Through a large number of objects, pictures, charts and videos, this paper systematically introduces the meteorite knowledge and the origin and development of the meteorite rain in Jilin City.

At 15:00 on March 8, 1976, a giant meteorite flew from the sky and exploded over the northern suburb of Jilin City in Northeast China. It reverberated in the sky with dazzling fire and thousands of gold and rocks, forming a huge meteorite shower covering an area of 500 square kilometers. The largest one of the meteorites weighed 1770 kg. When it fell, it was more than 6 meters deep underground, causing a vibration equivalent to a 1.7 magnitude earthquake, raising mushroom like dust more than 50 meters high. This sound meteorite is the most known meteorite in the world - Jilin No.1 meteorite. The meteorite shower is a rare event in the world with a wide area, heavy weight, thousands of people witnessed it and accurate scientific records.

JILIN METEORITE came to the world after 4.6 billion years of suffering. Jilin meteorite, formed 4.6 billion years ago, was originally a member of the solar system. It broke up in a collision about 8 million years ago, and Jilin meteorite was born at the same time. JILIN METEORITE's orbit is elliptical, intersecting the earth's orbit, so it is possible to meet. On March 8, 1976, JILIN METEORITE overtook the earth from behind the earth's revolution direction, broke into the atmosphere, and exploded at an altitude of about 19 kilometers above the ground, forming a spectacular meteorite shower.

Jilin meteorite was originally a planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter in the solar system. According to scientific analysis, JILIN METEORITE belongs to olivine, that is, bronopyroxene chondrite. It is composed of nearly 40 kinds of minerals and contains 18 kinds of elements. It is a very precious sample of the universe. When the JILIN METEORITE rain landed, it was overwhelming, and the sound of the cry could be heard clearly hundreds of miles away. The huge sound and shock wave of landing shattered the windows of countless residential buildings. The scene is as grand and powerful as an atomic bomb. However, it is surprising that no one was injured or killed.

Meteorites are meteoroids that fall to the ground. They are precious specimens of small bodies in the solar system. Therefore, the study of meteorites provides valuable clues for the study of the origin and evolution of the solar system and the origin of life. Meteorites can be divided into two types: chondrite and non chondrite. Chondrite is of great significance to the origin of life. They can only come from the universe and contain not only amino acids, but also hydrocarbons, ethanol and other aliphatic compounds that may form and protect primitive cell membranes.

Biochemist David. W. dreamer made spherical membranes, or vesicles, from compounds obtained from the Murchison meteorite. These vesicles provide amino acids, nucleotides and other organic compounds, as well as the transformation environment necessary for the beginning of life. That is to say, when the meteorite hits the earth, it produces the organic matter and the necessary environment for the formation of life - vesicles. Like the theory that life originated from comets, this is a new theory of extraterrestrial origin. In addition, C. hyba of Cornell University points out that impacts can also provide raw materials for life in other ways: heat and shock waves from a meteorite impact can stimulate chemical reactions to synthesize organic compounds in the primitive atmosphere.

Construction history

JILIN METEORITE museum is a Municipal Natural Museum and the only meteorite Museum in China. Located in Jilin Street, Jilin City. Founded on June 26, 1990, it is subordinate to Jilin Municipal Bureau of culture. The site of the museum and Jilin Municipal Museum work together. Its predecessor is "JILIN METEORITE rain Exhibition".

On May 23, 1976, "JILIN METEORITE rain Exhibition" was officially displayed in Jilin Museum. In 1978, 1980 and 1985, the exhibition was revised three times.

In January 2002, the exhibition area of 960 square meters of JILIN METEORITE rain, a new modern high-tech exhibition integrating sound, light and electricity, was opened to the public. Jilin No.1 meteorite, the largest meteorite in the world, was on display. Jilin No.2 and No.3 meteorites and some other specimens were also on display. Some meteorite specimens from China and abroad were also on display. The exhibition integrates the modern display design concept, highlights the exhibition theme through the power of color, changes the rhythm and rhythm with blue as the keynote, meets the audience's sensory requirements for the mysterious space, and gets the edification of beauty and Enlightenment of knowledge. In terms of content, it adopts multi-disciplinary and comprehensive techniques to show the most advanced scientific knowledge in the contemporary era, and simulates the scene of Jilin meteorite in space, so as to bring a sense of being on the scene to every audience.

In 2003, it won the fifth "China top ten exhibition quality award". JILIN METEORITE rain exhibition, as a unique cultural and tourism resource in Jilin City, attracts a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists every year. It is an important window for people to understand the mystery of meteorites and popularize scientific and cultural knowledge. Since its launch, it has received more than 3 million visitors from home and abroad. Jiang Zemin, Wu Bangguo and other party and state leaders and many international friends have visited the museum.

The main exhibition hall of JILIN METEORITE rain adopts irregular methods in spatial layout. The ceiling is painted into a mysterious and hazy starry sky, outlining simple and clear constellations. The columns of the exhibition hall are carved into the sun, moon and nine planets according to the situation. A group of huge flying saucer shaped lights shine on Jilin No.1 meteorite, one of the most meteorites in the world. The exhibition stand opened under the rotating colored lights allows the audience to touch yesterday's star The hexaprism forms the No. 3 meteorite in the multi angle space, which enables people to observe the No. 3 meteorite from all directions and angles.

The computer touch screen query system will answer all kinds of questions about the universe, meteorites and space exploration, so as to meet the needs of different levels of audiences.

characteristic

Jilin city is a tourist attraction. JILIN METEORITE museum displays the famous JILIN METEORITE rain and jilin-1 meteorite at home and abroad. Every year, thousands of tourists and even celebrities from all walks of life come to JILIN METEORITE rain exhibition. The reason is that JILIN METEORITE rain has many advantages.

Outstanding features

That is, large quantity, large weight and wide range. The largest meteorite IN JILIN METEORITE shower weighs 1770 kg, which is 700 kg heavier than the world's second heaviest Norton meteorite in the United States; there are 138 meteorites in JILIN METEORITE shower, with a total weight of 2700 kg; the area of JILIN METEORITE shower is 500 square kilometers. The meteorite rain in Jilin Province was spectacular when it landed, which shocked China and foreign countries. In particular, the scientific community in Japan and Hong Kong are very excited and envious. JILIN METEORITE rain is "the most in the world", and Jilin No.1 meteorite is "the king of meteorites".

It has a long history

The age of JILIN METEORITE rain is more than 4.6 billion years. The extraterrestrial visitors to Jiangcheng have brought us a lot of mysterious and valuable information, which has great scientific value and is of great significance to the study of celestial bodies and the origin of life. The real cause of JILIN METEORITE rain

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