[meteorite-list] Fireballs & Known Meteor Showers

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:08:35 -0700
Message-ID: <C7ECC053.D45A%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi Eric, Phil & all,
        Mrs. Wife called me in to see the video from a police camera
Of the fireball "over Iowa" and "the meteor shower could be
Seen all over the Mid West."
        Is it on Utube yet? If it isn't, I can put it on disk and make a
Link to a website page - I THINK.
        Best to all, Michael


On 4/15/10 12:55 PM, "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Eric,
>
> Of course they're not related, as the fireballs are from the asteroid belt
> and the meteor showers are from the tails of comets.
>
> Phil Whitmer
>
>
> ----------------------------
> I've studied the general consensus is that BIG fireballs are not
> associated with regular meteor showers... Here's the deal, everyone
> "knows" that big fireballs have nothing to do with known/famous meteor
> showers... right? So why is it every time there's a BIG fireball people
> tend to associate that fireball with a peak in the current meteor
> shower? Is it a coincidence that the peak of the Gamma Virginids was
> supposed to be these past two nights, and coincidentally a HUGE fireball
> lights up the night across 7-10 states during that peak? Is it that
> these fireballs are part of the meteor showers, or is it because people
> are actually looking at the sky more during the regular meteor shower
> events and when a fireball happens they associate it with the shower?
>
> The reason is that during my investigations, and fireball chasing, many
> a meteorologist have ask me if these fireballs are associated with
> regular meteor showers and I've always told them no, that the "general
> consensus" is they are not related. Am I telling them wrong information?
>
> Regards,
> Eric Wichman
> Meteorites USA
>
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