A stony meteorite that fell on November 7, 1492 in a wheat field outside the walled town of Ensisheim in then Alsace. The meteorite is an ordinary chondrite, it was described as triangular in shape, and it created a one-meter deep hole upon impact.
The fall of the meteorite through the Earth’s atmosphere was observed as a fireball at a distance of up to 150 kilometers from where it eventually landed. Residents of the walled town and nearby farms and villages gathered at the location to raise the meteorite from its impact hole and began removing pieces of it. A local magistrate interfered with the destruction of the stone, in order to preserve the object for King Maximilian.
Featured Image: A copy of the original Brant text with a stylized image of the Ensisheim meteorite’s fall / Image: via wikipedia.org
Websites: ensisheim.net
