Sightings2020

Iron meteorite found near Enkoping after a central Sweden fireball

When: 7 Nov 2020
Where: Enkoping, Sweden
Sources: 3 public sources

The Ekeby iron meteorite, found near Enkoping after the November 2020 fireball Mirgnus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A fireball seen by hundreds of thousands of people across eastern Sweden on 7 November 2020 was traced by an Uppsala astronomer. By February 2021 two geologists had found a 14 kg iron meteorite near Adalen, outside Enkoping, consistent with the camera tracks.

Sources

OfficialSpektakulart fynd av jarnmeteorit i Uppland (Spectacular find of iron meteorite in Uppland) (opens in a new tab)Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet) / 2021-02-23
OfficialMeteoriten tillhor upphittarna (The meteorite belongs to the finders) (opens in a new tab)Supreme Court of Sweden (Sveriges Domstolar) / 2025-08-19
PressKonflikten om rymdstenen trappas upp - avgors i domstol (opens in a new tab)SVT Nyheter / 2021-10-24

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