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

2014-10-10 Thread almitt2--- via Meteorite-list
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. The Car was purchased by AL Lang, a long time

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

2014-10-10 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
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

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

2014-10-10 Thread Bernd V. Pauli via Meteorite-list
Al wrote: Seems like it was just yesterday. Ron wrote: Yeah, it does. I bought my first Peekskill back then - which has red car paint on it - about 3 weeks after it had landed. I got my 13.3 gr partslice from David New about 4 months after Peekskill demolished Michelle Knapp's car. No red paint

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

2014-10-09 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://ehstoday.com/environment/throwback-thursday-there-was-no-way-prevent-famous-fall Throwback Thursday: There Was No Way to Prevent this Famous Fall Thousands of people in the eastern United States saw and heard the greenish Peekskill meteorite as it flashed through the night sky, and one