[meteorite-list] Fireballs & Known Meteor Showers

From: Greg Stanley <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:48:58 -0700
Message-ID: <SNT117-W38B0EC18645010380F32F6D20F0_at_phx.gbl>

List:

Has a meteorite "fall" ever been attributed to a comet?? If so, do they know which one?? I remember reading that Tagish Lake may be.

Greg S.

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> From: GeoZay at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:44:27 -0400
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireballs & Known Meteor Showers
>
>>>Of course they're not related, as the fireballs are from the asteroid
> belt
> and the meteor showers are from the tails of comets.<<
>
> Fireballs are produced by both asteroids and comets. So far meteor showers
> are related to comets.
> GeoZay
>
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