Eslöv Meteorite
meteor impact at 06.41 am
In the early morning of the 3rd of november 2007 a meteor hit Eslöv, known as the most boring town of Sweden. It was an unexpected event that was witnessed only by a few. The energy of the blast was estimated to be between 1 and 2 megatons of TNT and left a hole of 15 metres in diameter in a field near Eslöv. The meteorite was dug up by Maarten Vanden Eynde and put on display in front of the Medborgarhuset in the framework of the 2nd Eslöv Biennale.
meteor crater near Eslöv
Eslöv Biennale II
03/11 – 30/11/2007: Medborgarhuset, Eslöv, Sweden
The 2007 Biennale is a wide exhibition that offers a regional and national sample of the art of today with international flavours. The elements of the Biennale is like a sweep through the art-world with everything from visual art to sound-art, conceptualism and performance. The location for the Biennale is part of the experience. Medborgarhuset (Civic Hall) has flourished during the last year and is building a reputation as a centre of events. In architectural circles the Civic Hall in Eslöv is known as the most ambitious building in Sweden in the post-war period. It was 1947 when the young, newly-qualified architect Hans Asplund´s proposal won the competition to design Eslöv´s Civic Hall, which was built and completed in 1957. At the same time he build the United Nations building in New York for which he used many similar materials.
januari 22nd, 2009 at 15:50
… between 1 and 2 megatons seems a lot for a hole of only 15m diameter.
Considering that Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima was “only” about 15 kilotons (according to Wikipedia)
januari 23rd, 2009 at 07:28
I presume that the “1 and 2 megatons of TNT” is referring to the entire energy expended by the meteor during it’s trip through the atmosphere rather than to the impact itself.
That much energy would leave far more than a fifteen meter crater.