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Re: When Does a Meteorite become a Meteorite?
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- Subject: Re: When Does a Meteorite become a Meteorite?
- From: GeoZay@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:20:15 EDT
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In a message dated 99-09-10 20:11:24 EDT, you write:
Tom<<
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? <<
This is a safe statement. A meteor doesn't have to be a fireball to explode.
Though the brighter one's are the one's more apt to do this. This is because
the meteoroid is larger and has a better chance of surviving into deeper
layers of the atmosphere to have this happen. There will be more fireballs
occuring than meteorites that will drop to the ground. This is probably
primarily due to a lot of fragile cometary material becomes fireballs and
aren't able to survive the journey very far without burning up.
geozay
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