[meteorite-list] RE: A meteorite within a meteorite

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Feb 27 14:23:54 2005
Message-ID: <02a501c51d01$d5ed7910$f551040a_at_bellatrix>

A meteoroid, maybe. A meteor is just the optical manifestation of a natural
object burning as it passes through the atmosphere, not a physical object at
all.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
To: "Charles Viau" <cviau_at_beld.net>; "'Christian Anger'"
<christian.anger_at_aon.at>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>; "'Bernhard
Rems'" <bernhard_at_bgrems.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] RE: A meteorite within a meteorite


> "Not trying to be picky about terminology, but would not "meteor within a
> meteorite" be the scientifically correct statement here? OR, just the
> fact
> that it was encapsulated still makes it a meteorite, since it made it to
> the
> ground."
>
> Good in theory, but wouldn't that same principle make the center of any
> meteorite a meteor? All of the regroths and breccias, and even graphite
> nodules would fit into that category, would they not?
>
> Thanks, Tom
Received on Sun 27 Feb 2005 02:23:36 PM PST