[meteorite-list] Mystery object in photo

From: JKGwilliam <h3chondrite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Dec 7 21:16:52 2004
Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20041207191355.028e6190_at_pop.west.cox.net>

Here's a picture of the car with a familiar face. This is something very
rare folks...when was the last time you saw Al smiling;-)

http://www.nyrockman.com/pages/peekskill-today.htm

JKG

At 07:00 PM 12/7/2004, Chris Peterson wrote:
>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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>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
>
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