[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 26, 2008 / Story
From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:14:26 +1100 Message-ID: <1C7C07EC11784E11A4C75D927A304E3A_at_JeffPC> Ahh... after going through another 30 odd emails I see this has been answered! ;-) Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Kuyken" <info at meteorites.com.au> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 26,2008 / Story > 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> > To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> > 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 >> >> >> To: Thetoprok at aol.com >> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >> >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > Received on Thu 27 Mar 2008 08:14:26 AM PDT |
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