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

[Ron Baalke]

> 
> 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 broke up into about 60 fragments.
 
> The Car was purchased by AL Lang, a long time meteorite dealer. He and 
> a small consortium of dealers and one collector also bought the 
> meteorite. A number of slices were taken from the meteorite and are on 
> display at museums, as well in private collections.
> 
> Seems like it was just yesterday.
> 

Yeah, it does. I bought my first Peekskill back then - which has red car paint on it -
 about 3 weeks after hit had landed.

Ron