Oldest meteorite with known date strikes Earth

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7 November, 1492

On 7th November 1492, a meteorite landed around noon at in a wheat field in Ensisheim, Alsace, France. The Ensisheim meteorite, as it has come to be called, is the oldest for which we have a known date of impact.

The meteorite weighed about 127 kilograms and created a 1 meter hole when it struck Earth. The fall of the meteorite was observed by many, some 150 kilometres away.