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Otto Asks: #2 1980 Chevy Malibu hit by the Peekskill Meteorite
« on: October 25, 2009, 08:19:40 AM »


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Re: Otto Asks: What's Up with that Car? #2
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2009, 02:40:00 AM »
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Re: Otto Asks: What's Up with that Car? #2
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2009, 04:57:45 AM »
This is the Peekskill Meteorite car a car that was hit by euh... a meteorite.


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Re: Otto Asks: What's Up with that Car? #2
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2009, 05:50:28 AM »
The events surrounding the fall of the Peekskill meteorite on October 9th, 1992 are quite remarkable. Not only did the meteorite announce its arrival by hitting a parked car (a 1980 Chevy Malibu) in suburban Peekskill, New York, but also the fireball that proceeded the fall of the meteorite was videographed by at least 16 independent videographers.

Eyewitness accounts indicate that the fireball associated with the Peekskill meteorite first appeared over West Virginia at 23:48 UT (+/- 1 min.). The fireball, which traveled in an approximately northeasterly direction had a pronounced greenish colour, and attained an estimated peak visual magnitude of - 13 (comparable to the Full Moon). During a luminous flight time that exceeded 40 seconds the fireball covered a ground path of some 700 to 800 km (Brown et al, 1994).

The meteorite recovered at Peekskill, N.Y., (41.28 deg. N, 81.92 deg. W) had a mass of 12.4 kg and was subsequently identified as an H6 monomict breccia meteorite (Wlotzka, 1994). The video record suggests that the Peekskill meteorite probably had several companions, however, given the fireball's shallow angle of trajectory the fall ellipse is large. This fact coupled with the harsh terrain surrounds the Peekskill area would suggest that the recovery of related fragments is unlikely.

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