[meteorite-list] Questions about the Park Forest Fall

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:46 2004
Message-ID: <BACAE16F.5F0E%mlblood_at_cox.net>

 I posted this to the list about an hour ago, but it never came through
to me, so, here it is:

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Hi all,
        I have a few questions to which I am hoping SOMEONE knows
the answers -  in addition, I believe these would be of interest to all on
the list, so, please send answers (if you KNOW them to be true)
directly to the list:
1) I have heard/read SEVERAL accounts of the actual time of the fall.
    Given that it was supposedly videotaped by several people and fell
    in a suburb of one of the largest cities in the US, I would think a
    SPECIFIC time would be now established. The times I have been
    quoted include "between midnight at 1 AM on March 27," "at 12:33
    AM on March 27th" and "about 11:30 PM on March 26."
        Can we do better than this?
2) I understand Park Forest is a "suburb" of Chicago and the fall
    will likely be named "Park Forest" - however, is the location that
    will be listed for the fall going to be "Park Forest" or "Chicago?"
3) I am given to understand the typology assigned to the fall will
    be "L5 impact melt breccia" - is that "official?" If not, what IS
    the status of classification at this time?
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    Knowledgeable answers to these two questions would be appreciated.
 

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