Dantes inferno kan beskriva forntida asteroidnedslag, föreslår studie

11 maj 2026

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Ny forskning föreslår att Dante Alighieris 1300-talsverk Inferno innehåller en tidig beskrivning av en massiv asteroid som träffar jorden. Timothy Burbery vid Marshall University argumenterar för att dikten skildrar Satan som en kosmisk nedslagskropp som omformar planeten. Tolkningen kopplar litterära element till modern förståelse av meteoritnedslag.

Burbery jämför Satans nedstigning i Den gudomliga komedin med en kollision i hög hastighet på södra halvklotet. Kraften sägs ha gröpt ur helvetets nio kretsar som en gigantisk krater, samtidigt som den pressade upp Skärseldsberget på motsatt sida av jordklotet. Han drar paralleller till Chicxulub-nedslaget som avslutade dinosauriernas tidsålder och till det interstellära objektet Oumuamua.

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