FW: Re: [meteorite-list] RE: A meteorite within a meteorite

From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Feb 27 15:12:09 2005
Message-ID: <022720052012.10159.42222995000459DD000027AF21587667550299019BA1089F0A9C0106_at_att.net>

> But then again, how does a non-physical optical flash transform into a
> meteorite? Is the progression, meteoroid to meteor and meteoriod to meteorite and never meteoroid to meteor to meteorite?
>
> Bill
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Chris Peterson" <clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu>
> > A meteoroid, maybe. A meteor is just the optical manifestation of a natural
> > object burning as it passes through the atmosphere, not a physical object at
> > all.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > *****************************************
> > Chris L Peterson
> > Cloudbait Observatory
> > http://www.cloudbait.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
> > To: "Charles Viau" <cviau_at_beld.net>; "'Christian Anger'"
> > <christian.anger_at_aon.at>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>; "'Bernhard
> > Rems'" <bernhard_at_bgrems.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 9:47 AM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] RE: A meteorite within a meteorite
> >
> >
> > > "Not trying to be picky about terminology, but would not "meteor within a
> > > meteorite" be the scientifically correct statement here? OR, just the
> > > fact
> > > that it was encapsulated still makes it a meteorite, since it made it to
> > > the
> > > ground."
> > >
> > > Good in theory, but wouldn't that same principle make the center of any
> > > meteorite a meteor? All of the regroths and breccias, and even graphite
> > > nodules would fit into that category, would they not?
> > >
> > > Thanks, Tom
> >
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Received on Sun 27 Feb 2005 03:12:06 PM PST


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