[meteorite-list] 22 Years Ago Today: Peekskill Meteorite Hit Car

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:36:09 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201410102136.s9ALa90E002929_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> Hi Ron and all,
>
> Good post on the Peekskill! Besides the piece that hit the car, two
> other fragments also fell. Neither of which have been located. Some
> speculation that they may have landed in the ocean or body of water
> further to the east.

I thought the videos showed the fireball broke up into about 60 fragments.
 
> The Car was purchased by AL Lang, a long time meteorite dealer. He and
> a small consortium of dealers and one collector also bought the
> meteorite. A number of slices were taken from the meteorite and are on
> display at museums, as well in private collections.
>
> Seems like it was just yesterday.
>

Yeah, it does. I bought my first Peekskill back then - which has red car paint on it -
 about 3 weeks after hit had landed.

Ron
Received on Fri 10 Oct 2014 05:36:09 PM PDT