Eichstädt (meteorite)
| Eichstädt (meteorite) | |
|---|---|
| Official meteorite name | Eichstädt |
| Locality | Breitenfurt |
| Fall time | February 19, 1785, after noon |
| description | Chondrite (H5); about 14.5 centimeters tall; 3.2 kilograms in weight; around 1/5 still preserved; Density: 3.6 - 3.7 g / cm 3 |
| collection | Natural History Museum Vienna ; ETH Zurich u. a. |
| origin | Asteroid Hebe? |
| authenticity | for sure |
The Eichstädt meteorite struck in the afternoon of February 19, 1785 in a remote courtyard in the village of Breitenfurt near Eichstätt .
Facts
The meteorite is a chondrite with the classification H5. He is about 14.5 centimeters tall and 3.2 kilograms. It has a density of about 3.6-3.7 g / cm³. Around a fifth of the meteorite is still preserved today.
Course of the meteorite fall
The meteorite hit a brickworks that was connected to a small brick factory. A servant was cutting straw in the barn when he heard thunder. He ran to the door and saw a stone fall two to three meters away from the brick hut (coordinates ⊙ ). The stone shattered the stacked bricks, buried thickly under snow. The servant had to let it cool down until he could hold it.
Remaining pieces
After an appraisal and detailed description of the case by the Eichstatt physics teacher Ignaz Pickel , the meteorite was broken into pieces in 1785 and distributed all over the world. The largest pieces still preserved today are in Vienna (123 grams), Zurich (106 grams), Gifhorn (73 grams) and London (43 grams). The remaining 23 copies weigh a total of just 133 grams and are stored in Paris , New York , Cambridge , Stockholm , Prague and Calcutta , among others . A piece weighing 87 grams stored in Budapest was destroyed in the 1956 Hungarian uprising . The Eichstadt meteorite can be seen in the world-famous collection of the Natural History Museum in Vienna.
literature
- Bavarian State Office for the Environment : Out of this world - Bavaria's meteorites. 1st edition. Augsburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-936385-92-2 .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Out of this world - Bavaria's meteorite . 1st edition. Bavarian State Office for the Environment, Augsburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-936385-92-2 , p. 128 .
- ^ Meteoritical Bulletin: Search the Database. In: www.lpi.usra.edu. Retrieved October 26, 2016 .
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