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Tuesday, 20 October 2026 · 20:00–21:00
Talk: The history of meteoritics
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- Date
- Tuesday, 20 October 2026 · 20:00–21:00 (local time, Europe/Berlin)
- Place
- 🇩🇪 Starkenburg Observatory lecture hall, Starkenburgweg 41, Heppenheim, Heppenheim, Germany · Map ↗
- Organiser
- Starkenburg-Sternwarte e.V. Heppenheim
- Price
- Free admission, donations welcome
- Event page
- https://www.starkenburg-sternwarte.de/event/2026-10-20/
- Source
- https://www.starkenburg-sternwarte.de/vortragsprogramm/
Christoph Lichtblau (Volkssternwarte Frankfurt) traces how fireballs once taken for divine signs led to modern meteorite science, discusses scientifically important falls and finds, and shows small original meteorite specimens live. Just before the Orionid meteor shower peak.