[meteorite-list] Meteors and Meteorites

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:07:31 +0100
Message-ID: <20070104210731.20360_at_gmx.net>

You are right with this, Matt, so I should have called it a "meteoroid", which is more precise and closest to what it can get....

Alex
Berlin/Germany


> and...a meteor can be either human-made or natural, a common
> misconception of most of the public. I have not read any definitions of
> "meteor" that mention velocity, have you?
> Matt
>
> Alexander Seidel wrote:
> > Necessary correction to my post:
> >
> > Of course "meteors" move pretty much faster than decaying satellites,
> and not "meteorites", as I just wrote...
> >
> > Sorry for that...
> >
> > Al"meteorites don?t use to move themselves, but are sometimes
> moved!:-)"ex
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