[meteorite-list] Too many Fireballs

From: Rafael B. Torres <spacecollection2001_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:01 2004
Message-ID: <F19408Oh1pMuBeZVo2d00001505_at_hotmail.com>

Hello list, Ivee seen in the last weeks reports of too many fireballs along
the world, like Rhode Island, Siberia, Colorado, etc. I was just wondering
and thinking that maybe the Earth was hit by a swarm of meteoroids. I dont
know if bright fireballs occur as often as we've seen in this list, but I
really think that it was just too many fireballs reports. Also as noted in
"Rocks from Space" of Richard O. Norton, in one chapter he says that
statistics show that fireballs are at a peak during dayllight and summer.
Now we are in a peak off-season, that means that according to statistics the
number of fireballs should be decreasing till it reaches a minimum during
winter. I was just wondering that idea, that we've been hit by a swarmw of
meteoroids, maybe my mind is just flying away too far, but this could be
possible or not?...What should be interesting is that we could get
meteorites from all this falls to compare them, maybe we could find a
surprise and find out that they are somewhat related to the same asteroid or
meteorid.

If this what not the case, I would love this to hapen, to be hit a small
swarm of meteorids all over the world, just to yield meteorites in different
places of Earth, and not enough to cause disasters. This would be an awesome
show around the world. Imagine rocks falling from the sky all around the
world¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡



            =0)
Rafael B. Torres
Space Collection 2001
http://www.geocities.com/rafael_blando



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Received on Thu 17 Oct 2002 11:40:54 AM PDT