Ensisheim meteorite
The Ensisheim meteorite is a stony meteorite that fell on November 7, 1492 in a wheat field outside the walled town of Ensisheim in then Alsace, Further Germany (now France). The meteorite can still be seen in Ensisheim's museum, the sixteenth-century Musée de la Régence. It is the oldest stony European meteorite fall from which there is still some meteoritic material preserved.
| Ensisheim meteorite | |
|---|---|
Ensisheim meteorite in the town's museum | |
| Type | Chondrite |
| Class | Ordinary chondrite |
| Group | LL6 |
| Country | France |
| Region | Ensisheim |
| Observed fall | Yes |
| Fall date | 7 November 1492 |
| Found date | 7 November 1492 |
| TKW | 127 kg (280 lb) |
The fall of the meteorite, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle from 1493. | |
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