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The Peekskill Fireball (October 9, 1992)
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center ^ | since 1992 | StarChild

Posted on 10/03/2004 8:46:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

This photograph was taken by S. Eichmiller in Altoona, Pennsylvania just after the main meteoroid body broke up into fragments.

The events surrounding the fall of the Peekskill meteorite on October 9, 1992 were quite unique. It was observed by many people who were attending a football game, being photographed and videotaped by over a dozen people. The meteorite was found crashed into the trunk of a parked car.

(Excerpt) Read more at starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Education; History; Science; UFO's; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; science; space
The 12th anniversary approaches.
1 posted on 10/03/2004 8:46:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Michelle Knapp and the Peekskill meteorite appear in the first of these, which is part of the set shown on the right:
Asteroids: Deadly Impact Shoemaker by Levy Restless Earth Collection
Asteroids:
Deadly Impact

National Geographic
Shoemaker:
The Man Who Made An Impact

by David H. Levy
Restless Earth Collection
National Geographic

2 posted on 10/06/2004 12:10:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: KevinDavis

ping?


3 posted on 10/10/2004 8:20:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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"TV CORRESPONDENT: Michelle Knapp's car is like a museum exhibit. Hundreds of people have been coming by since Friday to look at the hole in her trunk. What damaged her car was this rock. Already, she says, she has had several calls from museums and collectors wanting to buy it and the trunk of her car."

"The Doomsday Asteroid"
PBS Airdate: April 29, 1997
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2212doom.html


4 posted on 10/25/2004 5:06:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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bttt
5 posted on 01/31/2005 11:24:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Ted "Kids, I Sunk the Honey" Kennedy is just a drunk who's never held a job (or had to).)
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February 2005 bump
6 posted on 02/04/2005 11:24:05 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Ted "Kids, I Sunk the Honey" Kennedy is just a drunk who's never held a job (or had to).)
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To: Fred Nerks

Whoops. Missed the anniversary again.


7 posted on 10/29/2005 9:31:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated my FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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Catastrophism

8 posted on 03/26/2006 8:06:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Yes indeed, Civ updated his profile and links pages again, on Monday, March 6, 2006.)
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