[meteorite-list] Dumb Questions About Meteors & Meteorites

From: GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:13:20 EST
Message-ID: <9682.25006ace.38906ea0_at_aol.com>

>>Take a look at this Leonid photo. As you can see after the incandescence
there's a small smoke train shooting out from the tip of the meteor. Is
that in fact the smoke train from the particle/meteoroid just before
entering dark flight? Or was this just the last bit of the meteoroid
burning up?<<

I'd say it was just the last bit of the meteoroid burning up. It was
dimming and the camera caught what little exposure it could at that point.
GeoZay
Received on Tue 26 Jan 2010 11:13:20 AM PST