Permanent exhibition of the meteorite
On April 26, 1803, a strong explosion was heard above L'Aigle, and a shower of stones fell around the city…
17 et 18 septembre 2022Passat
Ville de L'Aigle
On April 26, 1803, a strong explosion was heard above L'Aigle, and a shower of stones fell around the city… A meteorite has fragmented into the atmosphere and thousands of meteoric stones are falling to the ground. The news arrived in Paris, where the Minister of the Interior sent the scientist Jean-Baptiste Biot to carry out an investigation. Biot’s study was the first to demonstrate the extraterrestrial origin of meteorites. The meteorite of L'Aigle then enters the history of science…