[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 26, 2008 / Story

[Jeff Kuyken]

G'day Bernd & all

I thought of it from the point of view that it can take quite some time 
between the meteor burning out to it hitting the ground due to the distance 
(kms) it must travel. Maybe someone could correct me if I'm wrong here.

Cheers,

Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
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Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:54 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 
26,2008 / Story


> Larry writes: "I'd like to share the story of this meteorite's recovery."
>
>
> Thank you Larry for sharing this particular and very personal recovery 
> story!
> Beautiful story, beautiful PP specimen, indeed! There is one litle detail 
> that
> piques my curiosity:
>
> "He was not yet asleep when he experienced the bright light illuminating 
> his
> bedroom and the tremendous explosions that followed. A *couple minutes* 
> later
> he heard a disturbance outside, he said it sounded like something hit his 
> house."
>
> In view of the tremendous fireball and the accompanying sound phenomena
> witnessed by various people here in Europe (especially Switzerland, 
> Southern
> Germany and Eastern France) ... was it really "a couple minutes later" or 
> was
> it "a couple seconds later"?
>
> As a sidenote: What coincidence as even the time of fall would almost be 
> identical
> 23:50:26 hrs for Park Forest and ca. 23:45 hrs for the fireball of March 
> 01, 2008!
>
> For those interested in reading more about the Park Forest, L5 (S5; W0; 
> br; sv;
> impact melt pockets) chondrite, here are some stories worth reading or 
> re-reading:
>
> BROWN P. (2003) Meteorites Rain on Chicago Suburbs (Sky & Tel., July 2003, 
> p. 25).
>
> SIMON S.B. et al. (2003) The fall, recovery, and classification
> of the Park Forest meteorite (MAPS 38-7, 2003, A139).
>
> SIMON S.B. et al. (2004) The fall, recovery, and classification
> of the Park Forest meteorite (MAPS 39-4, 2004, pp. 625-634).
>
> SIPIERA P.P. (2003) The Fall of the Park Forest, Illinois
> Meteorite (Meteorite, Aug 2003, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 08-11).
>
> NOTKIN G., SINCLAIR J. (2003) In the Forest of the
> Night (Meteorite, Aug 2003, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 12-14).
>
> HOREJSI M. (2003) From the Strewnfields - A Portable
> Strewnfield (Meteorite, Aug 2003, Vol. 9, No. 3, p. 25).
>
>
>
> Best regards from the happy owner of
> 6.5 + 4.7 + 4 + 0.5 + 0.2 grams
> of the Park Forest meteorite,
>
> Bernd
>
>
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