[meteorite-list] Vernacular of "Meteorite"
From: Randy Korotev <korotev_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:25:08 -0500 Message-ID: <20120820151833.27151105D7_at_mailwash5.pair.com> Meteorite and meteoroid are, indeed, well defined. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.01009.x/abstract Randy Korotev At 10:02 AM 2012-08-20 Monday, you wrote: >They might reasonably call it an anti-meteoroid shelter, but the >fact is, "meteorite" is not well enough defined to say that once a >meteoroid impacts an object in space, it can't be called a >meteorite. I don't have a problem with the usage in the article. >Meteoroid and meteorite are reasonably interchangeable in this >context; the good thing is that they didn't call it an anti-meteor shelter. > >Chris > >******************************* >Chris L Peterson >Cloudbait Observatory >http://www.cloudbait.com Received on Mon 20 Aug 2012 11:25:08 AM PDT |
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