Today in 1992: Meteorite hits a parked car


Wired has this story about a meteorite that nailed a parked car in Peekskill, New York on Oct 9 1992. The meteorite fragment which hit the car weighed 12kg on impact and according to the article was moving a shade over 10,000 km/h when it hit the car.

The car doesn’t look too bad in the pic, but apparently it was totaled.