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Park Forest is an L5 chondrite meteorite that fell on 26 March 2003 in Illinois, United States. [1] History. Around midnight on March 26, 2003, a bright orange fireball was spotted in the sky which was visible across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
Dec 14, 2010 · We report the successful use of Doppler weather radars to constrain a meteorite’s strewn field location through direct imaging of the falling fireball debris as well as a descriptive scheme for classifying radar observations.
- Marc Fries, Jeffrey Fries
- 2010
Apr 19, 2017 · The Park Forest (L5) meteorite fell in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois (USA) on March 26, 2003. It is one of the currently 25 meteorites for which photographic documentation of the fireball enabled the reconstruction of the meteoroid orbit.
- Matthias M. M. Meier, Kees C. Welten, My E. I. Riebe, My E. I. Riebe, Marc W. Caffee, Maria Gritsevi...
- 2017
Jun 26, 2006 · On April 26, 1803, near L’Aigle, in Normandy, France, hundreds witnessed a spectacular fireball streak across the sky. The light show was followed by a shower of nearly 3,000 stony meteorites.
Apr 1, 2004 · Abstract— On the night of March 26, 2003, a large meteorite broke up and fell upon the south suburbs of Chicago. The name Park Forest, for the village that is at the center of the strewnfield, has been approved by the nomenclature committee of the Meteoritical Society.
Jan 26, 2010 · Abstract— The fireball accompanying the Park Forest meteorite fall (L5) was recorded by ground-based videographers, satellite systems, infrasound, seismic, and acoustic instruments.
Aug 26, 2004 · Hundreds of meteorite fragments ranging from a few grams to 5.26 kilograms were recovered from the elongate strewnfield (approximately 8 x 3 kilometers), which spread by strong westerly winds over residential neighborhoods and a forest preserve (see the map below).
