[meteorite-list] Mystery object in photo
Ron Baalke
baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov
Tue Dec 7 20:41:21 EST 2004
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> 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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