Peekskill meteorite

The Peekskill meteorite is among the most historic meteorite events on record. Sixteen separate video recordings document the meteorite burning through the Earth's atmosphere, whereupon it struck a parked car in Peekskill, New York.^[2] Peekskill is an H6 monomict breccia;^[3] its filigreed texture is the result of the shocking and heating following the impact of two asteroids in outer space.^[4] The meteorite is of the stony variety and approximately 20% of its mass is tiny flakes of nickel-iron.^[5] When it struck Earth, the meteorite weighed 26 pounds (12 kg) and measured one foot (0.30 m) in diameter. The Peekskill meteorite is estimated to be 4.4 billion years old.^[6]

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