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University of Chicago meteorite experts Lawrence Grossman and Steven Simon usually commute from Chicago's south suburbs to their laboratory on the Hyde Park campus to study rocks that have fallen from space. But at midnight last night a shower of meteorites came to them. "I heard a detonation," said Grossman, a Professor in Geophysical Sciences who lives in the south suburb of Flossmoor, Ill. "It was sharp enough to wake me up." Simon, a Senior Research Associate in Geophysical Sciences, lives in nearby Park Forest, where much of the meteorite fell. Simon, who works in Grossman's laboratory, is spending the day collecting information from area residents who brought samples of the meteorite to the Park Forest police station. Grossman said meteorites from the fall have been found in Park Forest, which is approximately 30 miles south of downtown Chicago, as well as the nearby communities of Steger to the south and Olympia Fields to the north. He said the meteorite is classified as a chondrite, a common type of meteorite. Related Links University of Chicago SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
Antarctic Meteorites Hunters Get NASA Grant
Cleveland - Nov 22, 2002As the Antarctic Search for Meteorites program (ANSMET) of Case Western Reserve University begins its 26th annual trip onto the ice fields of Antarctica, new support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has allowed ANSMET to create a new reconnaissance team to augment the existing National Science Foundation (NSF) supported team. |
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