Peekskill
Seen to fall in 1992 in the United States · 13 kg recovered · H6
Peekskill is the second-heaviest of the 12 H6 falls recorded in the United States. By recovered mass it ranks 19th of the 54 falls dated to the same decade. Yorktown (New York) came down only 8.4 km to the east, in 1869.
- Group
- H chondrites
- Recorded position
- 41.283° N, 73.917° W
The map is centred on Peekskill. Rings every 50 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
Within 250 km lie eight other recorded falls.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yorktown (New York) | 1869 | L5 | 250 g | 8.4 km east |
| 2 | Weston | 1807 | H4 | 150 kg | 54 km east |
| 3 | Stratford | 1974 | L6 | 50 g | 66 km east |
| 4 | Wethersfield (1982) | 1982 | L6 | 2.8 kg | 114 km north-east |
| 5 | Deal | 1829 | L6 | 28 g | 115 km south |
| 6 | Wethersfield (1971) | 1971 | L6 | 350 g | 115 km north-east |
What H6 means
H6 is the label for an ordinary chondrite with high total iron, petrologic type 6, strongly heated on its parent body. By recovered mass Peekskill ranks 20th of the 91 H6 falls. The nearest other H6 fall is Nanjemoy in the United States, 423 km away. In date order among H6 falls, the one before Peekskill is Yanzhuang (1990, China) and the one after is Senboku (1993, Japan).
Peekskill in the United States’s record
In date order Peekskill is number 129 of the 146 falls recorded in the United States, which run from 1807 to 2012. By recovered mass Peekskill comes 35th of 146 there. The fall recorded before Peekskill in the United States is Noblesville (1991); the next is Coleman (1994).
The 1990s
Elsewhere, the record lists two other falls in 1992: Mbale in Uganda, Mihonoseki in Japan.