[meteorite-list] How much survives entry?

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:18:03 -0700
Message-ID: <48F771BD5292448B8ECAFA84159576D5_at_bellatrix>

Whether a semantic tweak is required depends on how you look at the
question. If you are asking how much of a meteorite's parent body was lost,
there's no problem; it's never 100%. It is only in asking how much of a
meteoroid survives ablation that you have to deal with the fact that it's
usually 0%.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Richard Kowalski" <damoclid at yahoo.com>; "meteorite list"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] How much survives entry?


> There's a semantic tweak to whatever answer
> is given. We presume on good evidence that
> many meteoroids result in no meteorite at all
> reaching the Earth. That is our assumption,
> at any rate. In that case, the loss is... 100%
Received on Fri 04 Dec 2009 12:18:03 AM PST