Case file · Cosmic event
Shen Kuo's Changzhou meteorite
The polymath Shen Kuo recorded that in 1064 a fireball fell near Changzhou with a thunderous noise, leaving a hot, iron-like stone in a pit.
1064 CE · 31.81, 119.97 · status: account
The account
In his Dream Pool Essays Shen describes the light, the sound heard far away, the hole in a garden and the fist-sized stone dug from it, which was sent on to officials. It is an early careful description of a meteorite fall.