[meteorite-list] Mystery object in photo

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Dec 7 20:41:25 2004
Message-ID: <200412080141.RAA06582_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> I would argue that determining the angle of a fall from the sort of dent it
> makes in a car is far from a precise science! To my own eye, the dent in the
> Peekskill car appears to have been made by something striking largely from
> above, not at any sort of shallow angle.

Peekskill was more than a dent, it went competely through the car! It left
a sizable hole through the trunk. I've seen the car in person, and the angle
of the hole is clearly at a non-vertical angle. Also, the meteorite just
missed the gas tank just by a few inches!

Ron Baalke
Received on Tue 07 Dec 2004 08:41:21 PM PST