[meteorite-list] Meteorites 101

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:43:30 -0500
Message-ID: <015e01cbb50e$04192f00$0302a8c0_at_Branch>

Hey Darryl,

Working! On Saturday evening? In the words of Ebenezer Scrooge, "Bah,
humbug."

My wife and daughter are out buying some new shoes and when asked if I
wanted to come along, I politely replied, "no."

I pretended to begin ironing clothes but the moment they left I took out my
telescopes for a night of observing - a much more pleasurable activity ;-).

-Walter


----- Original Message -----
From: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>
To: "Walter Branch" <waltbranch at bellsouth.net>
Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites 101


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> Fun question! In the office working on this Saturday evening and thankful
> for this distraction ;-) I'm going to go with what you've surmised:
> "meteoroid" until striking Earth's surface. all best / d
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> On Jan 15, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Walter Branch wrote:
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>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> The term "meteor" refers to the light phenomenon as an object from space
>> enters the Earth's atmosphere. What is the proper term for the object
>> itself?
>>
>> A meteoroid is an object in space. Is it still called a meteoroid when
>> it enters the Earth's atmosphere?
>>
>> -Walter
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