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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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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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