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Credit & Copyright: J. Derr (WWCP)
Explanation:
The Peekskill meteor of 1992 was captured on
16 independent
videos and then struck a car.
Documented as brighter than the
full Moon, the spectacular fireball crossed parts of several
USA
states during its 40 seconds of
glory before landing in
New York.
A video of the fireball beyond a high school football game in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, is pictured above.
The resulting
meteorite is imaged
here,
and was found to be composed of dense rock and has the size and mass of an extremely
heavy
bowling ball.
If you are lucky enough to find a
meteorite just after
impact, do not pick it up --
parts of it are likely to be either very hot or very cold.
Tracking meteors origins and destinations might be easier in this modern digital
age, but many security cameras videos that likely caught a bright fireball are not
preserved.
If you would like to volunteer to help meteor science by locating images and videos
of newly occurring fireballs within 48 hours after they occur, here is a place to
sign up.
Students:
See lectures on strange and cool physics
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