Spatial and Temporal Informations

Location of fall

Peekskill (New York, U.S.A)

Coordinates

41°17' N, -73°55' E

Date of fall

October 9, 1992 19h 48mn ± 1mn LT
October 9, 1992 23h 48mn ± 1mn UT

Fireball duration

40.0 s

Initial velocity

14.72 ± 0.05 km/s

Start height of bolide

80 km

Trajectory slope (// horizontal)

3.4 °

Ground path of the fireball

700 à 800 km

Video

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Summary of trajectory

AVI (xvid) ( 240x180 ): 1008 Ko
MPEG ( 240x180 ): 973 Ko

Video : ? (Fayetteville, North Carolina)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 556 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 905 Ko

J. Fortney Video - Parkersberg/West Virginia

Video : J. Fortney (Parkersberg, West Virginia)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 436 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 719 Ko

Video : D. Lair (Newbury, Ohio)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 2810 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 3172 Ko

T. Crighton Video - Raleigh/North Carolina

Video : T. Crighton (Raleigh, North Carolina)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 508 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 820 Ko

Video : T. Bellow (Willoughby, Ohio)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 186 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 273 Ko

P.Contofalsky Video - Olmsted Falls/Ohio

Video : P.Contofalsky (Olmsted Falls, Ohio)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 1976 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 1929 Ko

Video : O. Shinfineld (Halifax, Virginia)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 1258 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 2304 Ko

cameraman WWBT/WXEX Video - Richmond/Virginia

Video : cameraman WWBT/WXEX (Richmond, Virginia)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 408 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 975 Ko

T. Reinheimer Video - Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania

Video : T. Reinheimer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 2072 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 1818 Ko

M. Krzanowsky Video - Saltsburg/Pennsylvania

Video : M. Krzanowsky (Saltsburg, Pennsylvania)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 1610 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 1943 Ko

Video : J. Derr

(Johnstown, Pennsylvania)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 2971 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 3048 Ko

Video : D.Krantz (Fairfax, Virginia)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 1560 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 1263 Ko

Video : R.Gabalsky (Falconer, New York)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 742 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 661 Ko

Video : ? (Anne Arundel County, Maryland)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 976 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 1192 Ko

Video : ? (State College, Pennsylvania)

AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ): 508 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ): 806 Ko

Photo

Fireball caught from Altoona, Pennsylvania

Credit: S. Eichmiller

Credit: ?

Credit: ?

Physical and kinetics Informations

Maximum absolute magnitude

-12.8

Pre-atmospheric mass of the meteoroid

10000 kg

Corresponding size (diameter)

1,7 x 1,7 x 1 m

Kinetic energy

0.5 kt TNT

Total known weight (TKW)

12.3700 kg (until 1992 )
1 fragments

Density

3.70 g cm-3

Cosmic-ray exposure age

32.0 Million years

Orbital

Semimajor axis (a)

1.49 ± 0.03 UA

Inclination (i)

4.9 ± 0.2 °

Eccentricity (e)

0.41 ± 0.01

Longitude of ascending nodet (W)

17.030 ± 0.001 °

Argument of perihelion (w)

308 ± 1 °

Perihelion distance (q)

0.886 ± 0.004 UA

Aphelion distance (Q)

2.01 ± 0.05 UA

Orbital period (T)

1.82 ± 0.05 years

Time since perihelion (DT)

41 ± 1 days

Lien

Martin Beech ( Campion College, The University of Regina)
The Peekskill Meteorite and Fireball

November 27, 2006

NASA
Astronomy : Picture Of Day 2002-11-18

November 18, 2002

carleton.ca
Impact as a Hazard Small Meteorites - Recent Examples

aliens-rocks.com
Peekskill and a new body

branchmeteorites.com
Historical Meteorites - Peekskill

LUXORION
Peekskill & Lugo

David Weir
Peekskill : study by David Weir

Reference

The orbit and atmospheric trajectory of the Peekskill meteorite from video records

P. Brown, Z. Ceplecha, R. L. Hawkes, G. Wetherill, M. Beech & K. Mossman

Nature 367 (1994), pp. 624-626

Exposure history of the Peekskill (H6) meteorite

T. Graf, K. Marti, S. Xue, G. Herzog, J. Klein, R. Middleton, K. Metzler, R. Herd

Meteoritics and Planetary Science 32 (1997), pp. 25-30

Meteorite Action!

1992-10-09 : Peekskill (U.S.A)