Media members visit the world's largest meteorite museum in NE China
2015-09-29
A delegation of Chinese Internet media personnel paid a visit to the Jilin Meteorite Museum, in the city of Jilin, Jilin province, on Sept 15, as part of a larger tour of the city, Xinhua reported recently.
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National Internet media delegates visit the Jilin Meteorite Museum, on Sept 15. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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National Internet media delegates visit the Jilin Meteorite Museum, on Sept 15. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Meteorite on display in the Jilin Meteorite Museum. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The museum, which sits on the south bank of the Songhua River, near the Jilin bridge, is China's first and only museum dealing with meteor showers and contains the world's largest stony meteorite, named Jilin-1, as well as meteorite pieces sent in by other countries. It also describes the formation and movements of meteorites through a spherical screen that uses 3D technology to give visitors a closer view of the universe.
