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.062 grams. LL6
TKW 127 kg. Observed fall November 7, 1492, in a wheat field outside of the walled town of Ensisheim.
Stephen writes:
The famous French meteorite - I love the history and story behind this early meteorite fall.
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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Twink Monrad
7/24/2021 11:41:13 AM |
So glad I was able to attend Ensisheim show a few years ago with our younger son and meet meteorite folks I only knew from internet!! And a bonus, we drove to visit the Paulis in Germany. |
Bernd Pauli
7/24/2021 9:22:44 AM |
A thunderous explosion rent the wintry skies over the upper Rhineland a few minutes before noon on November 7, 1492. Outside the walled city of Ensisheim in Alsace, a boy watched dumbfounded as a huge stone hurtled out of the sky and plunged into a field nearby. He was the sole witness to the earliest ob*served meteorite fall in the West from which pieces are still preserved. (MARVIN U.B. (1992) The meteorite of Ensisheim: 1492 to 1992 (Meteoritics 27-1, 1992, 28-72, p. 29). |
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