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1992-10-09 : Peekskill (U.S.A)
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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
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
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
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
Video :
cameraman WWBT/WXEX
(Richmond, Virginia)
AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ):
408 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ):
975 Ko
Video :
T. Reinheimer
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
AVI (xvid) ( 352x240 ):
2072 Ko
MPEG ( 352x240 ):
1818 Ko
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:
S. Eichmiller
 
Credit:
S. Eichmiller
Credit:
?
 
Credit:
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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