A meteorite fell on a car in New York: we celebrate the anniversary of this amazing event

The Peekskill meteorite crashed into a car back in 1992 at a speed of 14,16 km/s. Find out what happened, advises comp studio.

You must have seen a streak of light passing through the night sky. These shooting stars have different names depending on how they reach Earth. NASA explains that meteorites are objects in space that range in size from grains of dust to small asteroids. These are space rocks. Sometimes these space rocks enter the Earth's atmosphere and can be seen as fireballs or shooting stars. They are called meteors. However, if a meteor travels through the atmosphere and hits the ground, then it is called a meteorite.

But did you know that there is a famous meteorite called Peekskill that hit a car back in 1992.

On October 9, 1992, a glowing fireball was seen over Peekskill, New York. This was due to a meteorite that shattered into pieces over Kentucky and moved to other states as well. The report mentioned that the meteorite slowed down in the atmosphere before crashing into a car.

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The sound of the 12kg meteorite as it hit the car was deafening. A report from the American Museum of Natural History confirmed that seconds after the accident, a stone was found next to a crumpled car trunk. It was still warm, with the smell of sulfur. The meteorite was traveling at 164 miles per hour when it crashed into a red Chevrolet Malibu.

The owner of the car sold it to Lang Fossils and Meteorites in Cranford, New Jersey. Some fragments of the Peekskill meteorite are still kept in various museums.