Case file · Cosmic event
The Kaba meteorite
A carbonaceous chondrite fell at Kaba in eastern Hungary on the night of 15 April 1857, and became one of the first meteorites in which organic compounds were detected.
1857 CE · 47.36, 21.27 · status: official
The account
The chemist Friedrich Wöhler analysed it in the following years. The discovery of carbon compounds in a stone from space raised early debate about life beyond Earth, a question that recurs with the Orgueil and Murchison meteorites.