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The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
The Ensisheim meteorite, one of the oldest recorded, fell in Alsace, France, on November 7, 1492.
On November 7, 1492, the Ensisheim meteorite crashed into a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim in Alsace, becoming the oldest meteorite fall with a documented date. Weighing over 127 kilograms, the iron-nickel mass was recovered almost immediately by local authorities intrigued by the fiery spectacle. Emperor Maximilian I later examined the meteorite and ordered it preserved in the town’s church wall. Its fall sparked widespread interest across Europe, influencing early scientific and astrological studies of celestial phenomena. The event remains a seminal moment in the history of meteoritics, providing rare contemporary documentation of a meteorite impact.
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