[meteorite-list] Mystery object in photo

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Dec 7 21:00:35 2004
Message-ID: <0e0501c4dcc9$b28bf370$f551040a_at_bellatrix>

Peekskill was only traveling 70 or 80 m/s at impact. I would fully expect it
to be deflected by the structure of the car. The relative positions of the
exit and entry wounds are probably a poor indicator of the impact angle. The
way that the metal of the trunk is folded makes me think that the initial
impact was vertical, but I'm not a traffic safety engineer.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery object in photo


> >
> > 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 09:00:20 PM PST