the Ensisheim meteorite
Stato: Mali Anno: 1999 Notizie: Edmontonia appears with the Ensisheim meteorite which fell in Alsace, France on November 16, 1492. The Austrian emperor Maximilian decided it was a sign from God predicting his victory in battle against the French. And indeed Maximilian's army defeated a much larger French force at the battle of Salins. The meteorite probably received as much credit for the victory as Maximilian. Ensisheim is the second or third oldest witnessed meteorite fall for which any of the original meteorite survives and is definitely known to come from the fall. The oldest is a Japanese fall of May 19, 861. The second oldest may be Elbogen from what is now the Czech Republic. Some believe the extant specimens of Elbogen come from an observed fall in 1400. The remaining main mass of Ensisheim is still preserved in the church in Ensisheim where Maximilian ordered it kept. Ensisheim is classified as an LL6 stony chondrite. |
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