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Re: When Does a Meteorite become a Meteorite?


 Hi Richard and list,
   Fair enough! I understand your point and agree. Interesting thread, beats
the heck out of the occasional bickering and moderation/non-moderation
threads. I even get the chance to post on this one! 

What ever we settle on is fine by me, it's not that big of a deal to me and
the rest of the world may agree or disagree anyway! 

The short fireball/bolide thread was a good one as well, I always thought a
bolide was a meteor that made sound(s) (i.e. sonic or explosive breakup) and
fireballs were just very bright meteors. Is it safe to say that not all of
both types make it to the ground? I imagine a good portion of them do but
some do not. Or do most if not all make it down to the ground? 


Regards,
Tom Randall


At 04:54 PM 9/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Tom [et al.]
>
>I agree with you all the way, except when it comes to the ground. There
>it should be a "meteorite" whether we find it or not! That brings back
>the Philosophy 101 argument: When a tree falls in the forest and no one
>is there to hear it, does it make a noise? Answer: Define noise! It all
>depends on your definiton (semantics). My commonsensical answer would be
>"yes," because I would tend to define noise as sound waves. If your
>definition of "noise" includes an ear to detect the sound waves, then
>your answer would be "no."--Richard

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