Tissint meteorite (NHMW-Min N9388)3D Model
3D scan of the 908.7 grams, almost fully encrusted, Tissint Martian meteorite specimen that is one of the largest known stones of this fall. At around 2:00 a.m. on 18th of July 2011, after observation of a bright fireball, a number of stones fell from the sky in the Oued Drâa valley, near Tata, Morocco. Several individual stones were first recovered by nomads in October 2011.
The meteorite was acquired in 2012 through the Oskar Ermann Fund. The Tissint meteorite can be seen in Hall 5 of the NHM Vienna, in the dedicated “Martian meteorites” showcase.
Meteorite: Tissint (Achondrite / Martian / Shergottite)
Inventory number: NHMW-Min N9388
Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, Dept. of Mineralogy & Petrography, Meteorite Coll. (curator: Ludovic Ferrière)
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Scanned and edited by Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW)
Text by Ludovic Ferrière (NHMW)
Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.
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