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

From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Feb 27 14:45:27 2005
Message-ID: <022720051945.20172.422223540003EAB500004ECC21587667550299019BA1089F0A9C0106_at_att.net>

> 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.

If a meteor is only the optical manifestation, as fire from wood is not a log,
any bit of incoming debris is a meteoroid? I thought I already understood that
sequence. Lol, I never thought about it that way before.

Bill
Received on Sun 27 Feb 2005 02:45:24 PM PST