FW: Re: [meteorite-list] RE: A meteorite within a meteorite
From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Feb 27 15:12:09 2005 Message-ID: <022720052012.10159.42222995000459DD000027AF21587667550299019BA1089F0A9C0106_at_att.net> > But then again, how does a non-physical optical flash transform into a > meteorite? Is the progression, meteoroid to meteor and meteoriod to meteorite and never meteoroid to meteor to meteorite? > > Bill > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Chris Peterson" <clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu> > > 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 > > > > ***************************************** > > 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 > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > Received on Sun 27 Feb 2005 03:12:06 PM PST |
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