9 Oct 1992, a great meteor, seen from Kentucky to New York, was - TopicsExpress



          

9 Oct 1992, a great meteor, seen from Kentucky to New York, was observed at 7:50 pm EDT. It landed as a stone (chondrite, Olivine-Bronzite, H6, brecciated) meteorite. Its 12.37 kg mass crashed onto the Chevrolet Malibou car of Mrs. Michelle Knapp of Wells Street in Peekskill, NY. The fireball [mpeg video] was first seen over West Virginia and traveled about 700 km NE, before smashing into the parked car with a velocity of about 80 m/s. It is only the 4th recovered meteorite for which detailed data exist on its trajectory. Dark flight began about 30 km high, when the velocity dropped below 3 km/s and it continued an additional 50 km without ablation. Since getting hit by the meteorite, the car has toured Germany, Switzerland, Japan, France and the US.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 19:29:27 +0000

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