The Peekskill meteor hit a car in 1992 at 14.16 km/h. Know what happened.
You must have seen a flash of light in the night sky many times. The so-called ‘shooting’ stars, ” There are different names depending on how they came to Earth. NASA explains that meteorites are objects in space ranging in size from dust particles to small particles small planet. Think of them as “space rocks”. Sometimes, these space rocks enter Earth’s atmosphere to ignite, and they can be seen as fireballs or “shooting stars,” known as meteorites. However, in the case of a meteor that survived its journey through the atmosphere and hit the ground The earth then it’s called a meteorite, NASA explain.
But did you know, there was a famous Meteor named Peekskill that hit car back in 1992. On October 9, 1992, a bright ball of fire was discovered over Peekskill, New York. Notable and it was due to a meteorite, which broke into pieces over Kentucky and moved to other states. A report by The Hindu mentioned that the meteorite slowed down significantly in the atmosphere before it hit the car.
The sound of a meteor weighing 12 kg when it hits a car is very loud. A report from the American Museum of Natural History confirmed that “Several seconds after impact, the stone was found near the crumpled trunk, still warm and smelling of sulfur.” It is believed to have been traveling at 164 miles per hour when it hit the front of a red Chevy Malibu.
The Hindu report further revealed that the owner of the vehicle sold it to Lang’s Fossils and Meteorites in Cranford, New Jersey. In fact, some parts of the PeekSkill meteorite are still kept in various museums.
