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Astronomy Picture of the Day
The Car, the Hole, and the Peekskill Meteorite
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#96294
by
[z]Barbara Harris
@
20.11.2006 00:00
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The Car, the Hole, and the Peekskill Meteorite
Explanation:
The
Peekskill meteor
of 1992 was captured on
16 independent
video
s and then struck a car.
Documented
as brighter than the
full Moon
, the
spectacular fireball
crossed parts of several
US
states during its 40 seconds of glory before landing in
Peekskill
,
New York
.
The resulting
meteorite
, pictured here,
is composed of dense rock and has the size and mass of an extremely heavy
bowling ball
.
If you are
lucky
enough to find a
meteorite
just after
impact
, do not pick it up --
parts of it are likely to be either very hot or very cold.
In
this weekend
's
Leonid meteor shower
, few meteors, if any, are expected to
hit
the ground.
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#96654
by
grischa
@
01.12.2006 00:30
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I glaub i sött ä versicherig geg meteorite-schlag abschlüssä. mer weiss jo niä...