Peekskill_Meteorite
Peekskill meteorite
Meteorite which landed in Peekskill, New York, United States in 1992
The Peekskill meteorite is among the most historic meteorite events on record.[1] Sixteen separate video recordings document the meteorite burning through the Earth's atmosphere in October 1992, whereupon it struck a parked car in Peekskill, New York, United States.[2] The Peekskill meteorite is an H6 monomict breccia;[3][4] its filigreed texture is the result of the shocking and heating following the impact of two asteroids in outer space.[5] The meteorite is of the stony variety and approximately 20% of its mass is tiny flakes of nickel-iron.[6] When it struck Earth, the meteorite weighed 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg) and measured one foot (0.30 m) in diameter. The Peekskill meteorite is estimated to be 4.4 billion years old.[7]