Ensisheim
Month:
November 2008
This month's Meteorite of the Month is Ensisheim, an LL6 ordinary chondrite. The large (127 kg, 280 lb) meteorite fell on November 7, 1492 into a field outside the village of Ensisheim, which was part of Germany at the time. Villagers flocked to the stone and chipped away small pieces. King Maximilian, who passed through Ensisheim three weeks after the fall, declared it to be a holy sign and it was chained in a local church!