The orbit, atmospheric dynamics, and initial mass of the Park Forest meteorite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1781-1796

  Brown, P ^a   Pack, D ^b   Edwards, W N ^a   ReVelle, D O ^c   Yoo, B B ^b   Spalding, R E ^d   Tagliaferri, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEORITE; ORBIT DETERMINATION; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 12744274832     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00075.x     Document Type: Article

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